Robert Ashby Flock

Background

Flock, Robert Ashby was born on July 16, 1914 in Kellogg, Idaho, United States. Son of Abraham Lincoln and Florence Louise (Ashby) Flock.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Arizona, 1938. Master of Science, University Arizona, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1951.

Career

Inspector, Arizona Commission Agriculture and Horticulture, Phoenix, 1938-1941; assistant entomologist, Arizona Commission Agriculture and Horticulture, Phoenix, 1941-1946; laboratory technical, University of California, Riverside, 1947-1952; assistant entomologist, University of California, Riverside, 1952-1963; entomologist, Imperial County Department Agriculture, El Centro, California, 1963-1985; part-time entomologist, Imperial County Department Agriculture, El Centro, California, since 1985.

Achievements

• Robert Ashby Flock has been listed as a noteworthy entomologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Entomological Society of America, American Phytopathol. Society, Pan-Pacific Entomological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Process Studies, Kiwanis (president Imperial Valley chapter 1984-1986, Man of Year 1986), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: taxonomy and biology of Homoptera, desert ecology, science, religion.

Connections

Married Elsie Marie Ronken, April 8, 1950. Children: Karen Marie, Anne Louise Checkai.

Father:

Abraham Lincoln Flock

Mother:

Florence Louise (Ashby) Flock

Spouse:

Elsie Marie Ronken

child:

Karen Marie Flock

child:

Anne Louise Checkai Flock