Background
Peanasky, Robert Joseph was born on October 19, 1927 in Menominee, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph John and Sophia E. (Simeth) Peanasky.
Peanasky, Robert Joseph was born on October 19, 1927 in Menominee, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph John and Sophia E. (Simeth) Peanasky.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Marquette University, 1951. Master of Science, Marquette University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin-Madison, 1957.
National Science Foundation trainee Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1957—1958, 1960, Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1959. Assistant professor Marquette University Medical School, Milwaukee, 1960—1965, associate professor, 1965—1967, University South Dakota Medical School, Vermillion, 1967—1970, professor, 1970—1991, professor emeritus, since 1991, department chairman, 1986—1989. Visiting scientist University Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, 1965, University Marseille-aix-en-Provence, 1966—1967.
Member Great Plains Regional Review and Research Advisory Committee, 1969—1972. Visiting professor Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1977. Participant conferences in field.
Served to corporal United States Army, 1946-1947.
Member of South Dakota Academy of Sciences (executive committee 1983-1985), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (referee editor proceedings 1969-1978, member council 1976-1979), American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Chemical Society (chairman section 1972), Sigma Xi (president local chapter 1979-1980).
Married Elizabeth R. Bender, September 12, 1953. Children: Joseph F., Michael J., Paul J., Robert A., John S.