Background
Tamarin, Robert Harvey was born on December 14, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Leon and Zelda Ruth (Hirsch) Tamarin.
administrator researcher Biology educator
Tamarin, Robert Harvey was born on December 14, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Leon and Zelda Ruth (Hirsch) Tamarin.
Bachelor of Science, Brooklyn College, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1968.
Postdoctoral fellow, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1968-1970; postdoctoral fellow, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1970-1971; assistant professor, Boston University, 1971-1977; associate professor, Boston University, 1977-1983; full professor, Boston University, 1983-1996; chairman biology department, Boston University, 1990-1996; dean science, U. Massachusetts, Lowell, since 1996. Member science advisory board Manomet (Massachusetts) Bird Observatory, 1984-1996.
Member American Society Mammalogists (board directors 1979-1985, editorial board 1982-1991), Ecological Society of America (ad hoc editor 1984-1985), Boston Computer Society (International Business Machines Corporation product review editor 1987), Sigma Xi (local chapter president 1981-1982, since 2000).
Married Virginia M. Londy, May 31, 1968. Children: David L., Bonnie.