Robert Donald DeVoe

Background

DeVoe, Robert Donald was born on October 7, 1934 in White Plains, New York, United States. Son of Frank Kenneth and Martha (Josselyn) DeV.

Education

AB, Oberlin College, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, The Rockefeller U.

Career

From assistant to associate professor Medical School, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1961-1983; professor School of Optometry, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1983-1999; emeritus professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1999. Grantee referee National Institutes of Health, Washington, since 1968, National Science Foundation, Medical Research Council, England, since 1973, B.C. Health Research Foundation, since 1993, Australian Research Council, since 1993. Manuscript referee to numerous journals, since 1960.

Research sabbatical Max-Planck Institute für Biological Kybernetic, Tübingen, Germany, 1973-1974, School Optometry, U. New South Wales, Australia, 1993.

Achievements

• Robert Donald DeVoe has been listed as a noteworthy Visual physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Society for Neurosci., Serious Macintosh User's Group (treasurer), Alpine Ski Club, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, camping, skiing, hiking, music.

Connections

Married Joanne Mattson, July 9, 1960 (divorced 1986). Children: Catherine Ellen, Edward Edgar. Married Gwendolyn Latta Berghorn, May 20, 1989 (divorced 1992).

Married Elizabeth Strong Gitlitz, August 9, 1997.

Father:

Frank Kenneth DeV.

Mother:

Martha (Josselyn) DeV.

Spouse:

Joanne Mattson

Spouse:

Gwendolyn Latta Berghorn

Spouse:

Elizabeth Strong Gitlitz

child:

Catherine Ellen DeVoe

child:

Edward Edgar DeVoe