Robert Edwards Thach

Background

Thach, Robert Edwards was born on February 2, 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Edwards) Thach.

Education

AB, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1964.

Career

Assistant professor biochemistry and molecular biology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1969, associate professor biochemistry and molecular biology, 1969-1970. Associate professor biological chemistry Washington University, St. Louis, 1970-1973, professor biological chemistry, since 1973, professor biology, since 1977, chairman biology, 1977-1981, dean Graduate School Arts and Sciences, 1993—2008. Institutional biosafety committee Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1980-1983.

Member Graduate Record Examination Board, 1998-2003, chair 2001-2002;member North Center Association Graduate Advisory Group, 1996-1998, Council Graduate School Board, 1997-2000, Emory University Graduate Advisory Council 1996-2003, Association Graduate School Executive Committee, 1998-2000, Middle States Commission Higher Education Team, 2004, Woodrow Wilson Foundation Advisory Council 2000-2005, co chair, 2001-2005. Organizer International Graduate Scholarship Conferences China, since 2005.

Achievements

• Robert Edwards Thach has been listed as a noteworthy Biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society of Biological Chemists, American Society for Virology (Washington University Arts and Sciences Dean's medal, 2008).

Connections

Married Carol Ann Schmidt, September 23, 1959 (divorced August 1967). Children: Catherine Anne, Robert Edwards Junior. Married Sigrid Stumpp, April 20, 1968.

1 child, Christopher Alexander.

Father:

William Thomas Thach

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Edwards) Thach

Spouse:

Carol Ann Schmidt

Spouse:

Sigrid Stumpp

child:

Christopher Alexander Thach

child:

Catherine Anne Thach

child:

Robert Edwards Junior Thach