Background
Foote, Robert Hutchinson was born on August 20, 1922 in Gilead, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert E. and Annie (Hutchinson) Foote.
Foote, Robert Hutchinson was born on August 20, 1922 in Gilead, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert E. and Annie (Hutchinson) Foote.
Bachelor of Science, University Connecticut, 1943. Master of Science, Cornell University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy Animal Physiology/Bio-chemical Genetics, Cornell University, 1950.
Graduate assistant, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1946-1950;
assistant professor animal physiology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1950-1956;
associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1956-1963;
professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1963-1993;
Jacob Gould Schurman chair, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1980-1993;
emeritus, since 1993. Member study section National Institutes of Health, 1974-1978. Consultant Shell Oil, 1985-1989, Environmental Protection Agency, 1988-1996.
Program manager USDA competitive grants, 1986-1987.
Chairman trustees Congregation Church, Ithaca, 1955-1960. Served to captain infantry United States Army 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member Society Study Reproduction (board directors 1976-1978, president 1985), National Association Animal Breeders (Physiology award 1970), American Society Andrology (editorial board 1982-1988, Outstanding Andrologist 1984, Upjohn physiology award 1985), American Society Animal Science (editorial board 1958-1960, National physiology and endocrinology award 1970, Casida physiology of reproduction award 1991, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science award 1996), American Society Theriogenology (editorial board 1976-1989, Robert H. Foote Symposium in his honor 1992), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Ruth E. Parcells, January 12, 1946 (deceased January 1992). Children: Robert W., Dale H. Married Barbara J. Johnson, September 25, 1993.