Background
Yager, Robert Henry was born on October 4, 1913 in Somerset, Virginia, United States. Son of Henry and Ellen Ryland (Woolfolk) Yager.
Yager, Robert Henry was born on October 4, 1913 in Somerset, Virginia, United States. Son of Henry and Ellen Ryland (Woolfolk) Yager.
Student, College William and Mary, 1931-1932; student, University Virginia, 1934-1935; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1939; postgraduate, U. Maryland., 1950-1951.
Commissioned Lieutenant, United States Army, 1939; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1955; director division veterinary medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1949-1954, 60-65; assistant to commanding officer medical unit, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fort Detrick, Maryland., 1957-1960; executive secretary, Institute Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council National Academy Sciences, Washington, 1965-1975; retired, Institute Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council-National Academy Sciences, Washington. President American College Laboratory Animal Medicine, 1971-1972.
Member American Veterinary Medical Association, District of Columbia Veterinary Medical Association (president 1960), American Association Immunologists, Phi Zeta, Omega Tau Sigma, Sigma Nu.
Married Agatha Elizabeth Hesse, February 9, 1939. 1 child, Sue Ann Bardzil.