Background
Rodin, Robert Joseph was born on July 15, 1922 in Sacramento. Son of Albert Henry and Hattie Viola (Sheffer) Rodin.
Rodin, Robert Joseph was born on July 15, 1922 in Sacramento. Son of Albert Henry and Hattie Viola (Sheffer) Rodin.
Associate of Arts, Modesto (California), Junior College, 1942. Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Berkeley, 1943, Doctor of Philosophy, 1951.
General assistant University of California at Berkeley, 1942-1943, assistant herbarium botanist, 1948-1949, botanist University of California African Expedition, 1947-1948, teaching assistant botany, 1949-1951. Professor botany Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan, 1951-1952. Vice president Winter & Bain, Incorporated., Los Angeles, 1952-1953.
Assistant professor botany California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1953-1962, associate professor, 1962-1967, professor, 1967-1977.
Visiting assistant professor botany Cornell Univercity, 1960-1961. Fulbright professor of University Delhi (India), 1966-1967.
Visiting professor botany Oregon State University, summer 1971. Director ethnobotany expedition, Ovamboland, South.W. Africa, 1973.
Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946. National Science Foundation Research grantee, 1960-1961. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American, California botanical societies, American Association Plant Taxonomists, American Fern Society, International Society Plant Morphologists, California Native Plant Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Elva Nellie Bain, August 28, 1948. Children: June Marie (Mistress Russell Michealsen, Joy Zora (Mistress Arden Sanders), Wanda Viola (Mistress Brent Puder).