Background

Searles, Richard Brownlee was born on June 19, 1936 in Riverside, California, United States. Son of Nathan Francis and Margaret Louise (Ashbrook) Searles.

Education

AB, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1965.

Career

Assistant professor botany, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1965-1969; associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1969-1983; professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1983; department chairman, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1991-1997.

Achievements

• Richard Brownlee Searles has been listed as a noteworthy Botany educator, marine biology researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to Second lieutenant United States Army, 1961-1963, captain Reserve retired. Member International Phycol. Society, Phycol. Society American (Gerald W. Prescott award, 1993), British Phycol.

Society, Oceanographic Society American, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Georgiana Elizabeth Miller, June 11, 1957. Children: Timothy Edward, Andrew Nathan, Elizabeth Louise.

Father:

Nathan Francis Searles

Mother:

Margaret Louise (Ashbrook) Searles

Spouse:

Georgiana Elizabeth Miller

child:

Andrew Nathan Searles

child:

Timothy Edward Searles

child:

Elizabeth Louise Searles