Background
White, Robert Gordon was born on January 17, 1938 in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Richard Robert and Francis Elsie (Schubert) White.
research director Biology educator
White, Robert Gordon was born on January 17, 1938 in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Richard Robert and Francis Elsie (Schubert) White.
B. in Agricultural Science, Melbourne University, Australia, 1962. Master in Rural Science/Physiology, University New England, Australia, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University New England, Australia, 1974.
Research assistant, Melbourne U., 1962-1963; demonstrator, U. New England, Armidale, Australia, 1963-1966; teacher fellow, U. New England, Armidale, Australia, 1966-1969; assistant professor zoophysiology and nutrition, U. Alaska, Institute Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, 1970-1975; associate professor, U. Alaska, Institute Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, 1975-1981; professor, U. Alaska, Institute Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, 1981-1998; professor emeritus, U. Alaska, Institute Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, since 1998; acting director, U. Alaska, Institute Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, 1985, 92; director, U. Alaska, Institute Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, 1993-1998; director Large Animal Research Station, U. Alaska, Institute Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, 1979-1998.
Pipe major Fairbanks Red Hackle Pipe Band, 1975-1990. President Fairbanks Nordic Ski Club, 1973-1975. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (Alaska chairman 1985, 94), Arctic Institute North America.
Member American Physiological Society, Wildlife Society, American Society Mammologists, Australasian Society Willdlife Management, Australian Society Animal Production, Australian Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sigma Xi.
Married Sandra Elizabeth Ferrier, December 9, 1961 (deceased May 1995). Children: Robert Ian, Andrew Douglas. Married Lura Peck Elverson, August 2, 1997.