Background
Obendorf, Ralph Louis was born on July 11, 1938 in Milan, Indiana, United States. Son of Louis Eugene and Miriam Clara (Stegemoller) Obendorf.
Obendorf, Ralph Louis was born on July 11, 1938 in Milan, Indiana, United States. Son of Louis Eugene and Miriam Clara (Stegemoller) Obendorf.
Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Purdue University, 1960; Master of Science in Agronomy, University of California, Davis, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Physiology, University of California, Davis, 1966.
Assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1971; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1971-1978; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1978. Visiting scientist Institute for Cancer Research Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, 1972-1973. Visiting plant physiologist plant growth laboratory University of California, Davis, 1983.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy (Northeast teaching award 1989), Crop Science Society of America (board directors and chair Division C-4 since 1991), American Society Plant Physiologists, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Association Cereal Chemists, American Chemical Society, Tissue Culture Association, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Sharon Kay Randel, March 11, 1967. Children: Michael Bradley, Kevin Andrew.