Background
Wilson, Robert Burton was born on June 29, 1936 in Salt Lake City. Son of Stanley Burton and Jessie Adelia (Hassell) Wilson.
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Robert Burton Wilson
Edit ProfileVeterinary and medical educator
Robert Burton Wilson, American Veterinary and medical educator. License veterinarian, Massachusetts, Washington, Utah. Recipient Mary Mitchell award Massachusetts Society Prevention Cruelty to Animals, 1964, Teacher of Year award Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971, Teacher of Year award W.A.M.I. Medical Program, 1992, 94, 95, 98.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Utah State University, 1958; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with highest honors, Washington State University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1967.
Career
Intern, Angell Memorial Animal Hospital, Boston, 1962-1963; assistant professor, Brigham Young U., Provo, Utah., 1963-1964; assistant scientist, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 1964-1969; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1969-1973; professor veterinary medicine, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1973-1976; professor, chairman veterinary micro and pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, 1976-1983; dean college veterinary medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, 1983-1988. Veterinary consultant Forsyth Dental Institute, Boston, 1972-1973. Member, chairman advising committee National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1976-1980, 89-93.
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Human beings get salvation both through the grace of God and their own actions. Part of the work of salvation has been done by the atonement of Jesus Christ, in that all human beings are guaranteed resurrection, but to attain the full quality of eternal life, human beings also have work to do.
Membership
Fellow American Heart Association (county of arteriosclerosis). Member American Veterinary Medical Association, American Institute Nutrition.
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Married Janet Diane McMurdie, June 1, 1962. Children: Robert Burton Junior, Janet Diane.
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Recipient Mary Mitchell award Massachusetts Society Prevention Cruelty to Animals, 1964, Teacher of Year award Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971, Teacher of Year award W.A.M.I. Medical Program, 1992, 94, 95, 98.Recipient Mary Mitchell award Massachusetts Society Prevention Cruelty to Animals, 1964, Teacher of Year award Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971, Teacher of Year award W.A.M.I. Medical Program, 1992, 94, 95, 98.