Background
Rohde, Richard A. was born on September 28, 1929 in Peekskill, New York, United States. Son of Frederick Allen and Ruth Winifred (Gallaher) Rohde.
Rohde, Richard A. was born on September 28, 1929 in Peekskill, New York, United States. Son of Frederick Allen and Ruth Winifred (Gallaher) Rohde.
AB, Drew U., 1951; Master of Science, U. Maryland., 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Maryland., 1958.
Assistant professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1959-1965; associate professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1965-1968; professor, head department plant pathology, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1968-1981; associate dean, associate director, Massachusetts Agricultural Experimental Station, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, since 1981; professor emeritus, Massachusetts Agricultural Experimental Station, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1994. Visiting scientist Rothamsted Exp. Station, Harpenden, 1967, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1974, USDA-CSRS, Washington, District of Columbia, 1981.
Corporal United States Army, 1952-1954. Member American Phytopathological Society (councilor, president), Society Nematologists.
Married Suzanne EloiseWalker, October 11, 1956. Children: Melissa, Leigh, Katherine, David.