Robert Eugene Wilkinson

Background

Wilkinson, Robert Eugene was born on October 24, 1926 in Oilton, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Olney Samuel and Grace Elma (Curry) Wilkinson.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Botany, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1950; Master of Science in Plant Physiology, U. Oklahoma, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Physiology, University of California, Davis, 1956.

Career

Plant physiologist, USDA, Clarkdale, Arkansas, 1957-1962; plant physiologist, USDA, Los Lunas, New Mexico, 1962-1965; associate agronomist, U. Georgia Agricultural Ext. Station, 1965-1974; agronomist, U. Georgia, 1974-1994; retired, 1994. Consultant U. Sao Paulo, Piricicaba, Brazil, 1978.

Achievements

• Robert Eugene Wilkinson has been listed as a noteworthy Plant physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945. To Lieutenant United States Air Force Reserve, 1950-1958. Fellow American Institute Chemistry.

Member Weeds Science Society American, American Society Plant Physiologists, Kiwanis.

Connections

Married Evalyn Dolores Smith, January 31, 1951. Children: Olney Thomas, Randall David.

Father:

Olney Samuel Wilkinson

Mother:

Grace Elma (Curry) Wilkinson

Spouse:

Evalyn Dolores Smith

child:

Randall David Wilkinson

child:

Olney Thomas Wilkinson