Background
Humber, Richard Alan was born on May 9, 1947 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Merrill Roy and Jeanette (Boynton) Humber.
Humber, Richard Alan was born on May 9, 1947 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Merrill Roy and Jeanette (Boynton) Humber.
Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 1969. Master of Science in Botany, University Washington, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University Washington, 1975.
Postdoctoral fellow, faculty associate department entomology, U. Maine, Orono, 1976-1978; postdoctoral fellow department plant pathology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1978-1979; research associate, Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York, 1979-1982; adjunct associate professor department plant pathology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1988; mycologist, microbiologist, USDA Agricultural Research Svc., Ithaca, New York, since 1982.
Member Mycological Society of America (editor newsletter 1991-1994), Society Invertebrate Pathology (chairperson journal. advisory committee 1986-1987), Society Evolutionary Protistology.
Married Amy Doyle, June 19, 1977. Children: Noel Andrew, Emily Rose.