Background
Vickery, Robert Kingston was born on September 18, 1922 in Saratoga, California, United States. Son of Robert Kingston Senior and Ruth (Bacon) Vickery.
Vickery, Robert Kingston was born on September 18, 1922 in Saratoga, California, United States. Son of Robert Kingston Senior and Ruth (Bacon) Vickery.
Bachelor of Arts in Engineering, Stanford University, 1944; Master of Arts in Biology, Stanford University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Stanford University, 1952.
Instructor botany, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1950-1951;
assistant professor biology, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1952-1957;
associate professor, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1957-1964;
chair genetics Department, University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1962-1965;
professor, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1964-1993;
professor emeritus, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, since 1994. Visiting associate professor biology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, summer 1961. Member fellow panel National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1964-1969.
Leader field trips to Galapagos Islands, 1989-1993.
First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1943-1946, PTO. Member International Organisation Plant Biosystematists (officer 1973-1985), Society for Study of Evolution (1st vice president 1977-1978), California Botanical Society (2d vice president 1983-1988), Sigma Xi (chapter president 1973-1974).
Married Marcia Agnes Hoak, July 7, 1951. Children: David Kingston, Peter Hoak.