Background
Davis, Robert Edward was born on January 27, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of Robert Samuel and Cecilia Bernadette (Hall) Davis.
Davis, Robert Edward was born on January 27, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of Robert Samuel and Cecilia Bernadette (Hall) Davis.
Bachelor of Science in Botany, U. Rhode Island, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology, Cornell Univercity, 1967.
Laboratory assistant botany Department, University Rhode Island, Kingston, 1958;
junior assistant in research department plant pathology, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1959-1960;
research assistant department plant pathology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1961-1966;
lecturer department plant pathology and physiology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1965;
postdoctoral research associate Plant Virology Laboratory,, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., 1966-1967;
research plant pathologist, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., 1967-1985;
research leader, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., 1985-1993;
leader Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., since 1994. Adjunct Professor Cornell Univercity, since 1984, Dimock Memorial lecturer, 1983. Lockwood lecturer Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, 1984.
Member science committee Journal Rivista di Patologia Vegetale.
Judge science fairs, Maryland., 1969-1979. Chairman citizens advising committee Crofton (Maryland.) Woods School, 1976. Fellow American Phytopathol.
Society, chairman bacteriology committee 1987-1988), Washington Academy Science (Biological Sciences award 1983). Member Pacific Science Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Maryann Starr, June 23, 1962. Children: Peter James, Michael Robert.