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Brown, Richard Malcolm was born on January 2, 1939 in Pampa, Texas, United States.
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Richard Malcolm Brown
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Richard Malcolm Brown, American Botany educator. Research in airborne algae, algal ecology, ultrastructure of algal viruses, algal ultrastructure, immunochemistry of algae, cytology, Golgi apparatus and cell wall formation, sexual reproduction among algae, cellulose biogenesis. Recipient Anselme Payen awrd 1986, Darbaker prize in phycology, 1978. Fellow International Academy Wood Sciences.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University Texas, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University Texas, 1964.
Career
Fellow, U. Hawaii and University Texas, 1964-1965; assistant professor botany, University Texas, Austin, 1965-1968; associate professor botany, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1968-1973; professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1973; director electron microscopy laboratory, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1970; now Johnson & Johnson Centennial chair in plant cell biology, professor botany, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill. National Science Foundation fellow U. Freiburg, 1968-1969. Research grantee National Science Foundation, Welch Foundation, State of Texas, 1970-1994.
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Fellow International Academy Wood Sciences.
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Married; 2 children.
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American