Background
Busteed, Robert Charles was born on September 4, 1907 in Milan, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert and Emma (Elble) Busteed.
Busteed, Robert Charles was born on September 4, 1907 in Milan, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert and Emma (Elble) Busteed.
Student, Hanover College, 1927. AB, Indiana University, 1930. Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1932.
Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1936.
Graduate assistant botany department and University, 1930-1933. Tutor, 1934-1935; instructor, 1935-1936. Professor, head department biology Appalachian State Teachers College, 1937-1945.
Professor botany, chairman science division University Georgia, Savannah division, 1946-1948. Professor, head department biology, chairman science division, graduate council West Texas State College, from 1948. Faculty sponsor West Texas State chapter Texas Collegiate Academy of Sciences.
Member administrative council Kilgore Research Center, from 1967.
Director American Brittany Spaniel Club, 1946. District commissioner Boy Scouts American, Boone, North Carolina, 1944-1946. Member Texas College Teachers Association, Texas Panhandle Science Council (director 1959, president 1967-1968), Indiana Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Theta Kappa Nu, Alpha Phi Omega (sponsor), Beta Beta Beta (sponsor) Clubs: Mason (Boone), Lion (Boone) (president).
Married Ada Flora Kohlerman, June 6, 1931. Children— Philip Gene, Robert Louis, Richard Charles, Wallace Bruce.