Background
Savage, Robert Elliot was born on December 8, 1932 in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Son of Reginald M. and Dorothy (Taylor) Savage.
Savage, Robert Elliot was born on December 8, 1932 in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Son of Reginald M. and Dorothy (Taylor) Savage.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1954; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1963.
Research assistant, project associate department botany Department Botany, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1957-1963. Lecturer to assistant professor Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, New York, 1962-1966. Assistant professor to professor biology Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, since 1967, Isaac H. Clothier professor biology, since 1983.
Visiting researcher Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1970, 71, 74, 86, University Uppsala Institute Plant Physiology, 1979, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1990.
With United States Army, 1954-1956. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Tissue Culture Association, American Society for Cell Biology, Sigma Xi.
Married Gisela C.B. Bergau, September 5, 1964. Children: Anna Monica, Eric Daniel.