Background

Koehn, Richard Karl was born on August 25, 1950 in Niles, Michigan, United States. Son of Karl Richard and Margaret Ann (orban) Koehn.

Education

Bachelor, We. Michigan University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Arizona State University, 1967.

Career

Assistant professor zoology, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1967-1970; assistant professor ecology and evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1970-1972; associate professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1972-1979; professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1979-1992; dean biological science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1978-1988; director Center for Biotechnology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1983-1992; vice president for research, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, since 1992. Visiting professor genetics Aarhus (Denmark) U., 1970. Consultant Natural Environ.Rsch.

Council, United Kingdom, 1983-1985. Member C.W. Post Advisory Committee on Molecular Bioogy, 1984-1992. Member genetics subcommittee Science Committee on Antarctic Research, 1988-1992.

Member National Institutes of Health Special Review Panel, 1978, 79. External examiner Dalhousie U., Australian National University, University Paris, others. Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Richard Karl Koehn has been listed as a noteworthy evolutionary biologist, executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Naturalists, American Society Zoologists, Genetics Society of America, Society for Study of Evolution, Linnean Society, European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Rotary Club, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: cooking, music, skiing, stamp collecting.

Connections

Married Judith Ann Hanratty, November 25, 1965 (divorced January 1984). 1 child, Rachel Elizabeth. Married Sheryl Ann Scott, January 21, 1984.

Children: Christopher Karl, Kathryn Claire.

Father:

Karl Richard Koehn

Mother:

Margaret Ann (orban) Koehn

Spouse:

Judith Ann Hanratty

Spouse:

Sheryl Ann Scott

child:

Rachel Elizabeth Koehn

child:

Christopher Karl Koehn

child:

Kathryn Claire Koehn