Background
Preston, Robert Leslie was born on April 24, 1942 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Roy Leslie and Lois (Pearson) Preston.
Preston, Robert Leslie was born on April 24, 1942 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Roy Leslie and Lois (Pearson) Preston.
Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 1970.
Postdoctoral fellow department physiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1970-1973;
research associate, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1973-1974;
assistant professor department biological science, Illinois State University, Normal, 1974-1981;
associate professor, Illinois State University, Normal, 1981-1988;
professor, Illinois State University, Normal, since 1988. Visiting professor physiological laboratory U. Cambridge, England, 1981-1982, department zoology U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1987. Trustee Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Maine, since 1988.
Member math/science task force National Collegiate Honors Council, since 1991.
Member Bio-chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Zoologists, Society General Physiologists.
Married Joyce Welcome, June 27, 1965;children: Elisabeth, David, Catherine, Bryan.