Robert Alan Root

Background

Root, Robert Alan was born on March 29, 1940 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Kenneth Melvin and Anne Dorothy (Smith) Root.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Maine, 1963; Master of Science, U. Montana, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1971.

Career

Research associate, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1971-1973; senior ecologist, project manager, Dames and Moore, Park Ridge, Illinois, 1973-1980; project coordinator, Dames and Moore, Sydney, Australia, 1981-1983; lecturer, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984; senior environmental manager, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1985-1987; deputy program manager, Battelle Memorial Institute, Springfield, Illinois, 1988-1992; senior research scientist, Battelle Memorial Institute, Albuquerque, 1993-1998. Adjunct assistant professor botany department Ohio State University, Columbus, 1987-1992.

Achievements

• Robert Alan Root has been listed as a noteworthy Ecologist, project manager by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President, member District 21 School Board, Wheeling-Buffalo Grove, Illinois, 1979-1981.

Connections

Married Jill Brainerd, June25, 1966. Children: Michael Shepard, Cynthia Anne.

Father:

Kenneth Melvin Root

Mother:

Anne Dorothy (Smith) Root

Spouse:

Jill Brainerd

child:

Cynthia Anne Root

child:

Michael Shepard Root