Robert Lewis Burgess

Background

Burgess, Robert Lewis was born on September 12, 1931 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Son of James Lewis and Hazel Lira Mae (Warren) Burgess.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee, 1957. Master of Science, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1959, Doctor of Philosophy, 1961.

Career

Teaching assistant University of Wisconsin, 1957-1958, research assistant, 1958-1960. Assistant professor Arizona State University, 1960-1963. Director Summer Institute in Desert Biology, 1963.

Assistant to associate professor North Dakota State University, 1963-1970.

Deputy director Eastern Deciduous Forest Biome, United States International Biological Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1970-1977, program manager, 1972-1977, section head, 1975-1979, senior research staff, 1980-1981. Professor ecology University of Tennessee, 1974-1981.

Professor, department chairman environmental and forest biology College Environmental Science Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1981, director division forest resources, 1988-1991, 94. Visiting professor Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran, 1965-1966.

Research collaborator National Park Svc., 1961-1964.

Traveling lecturer Arizona Academy Science, 1962-1963, American Institute Biological Sciences, 1968-1970, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 1973-1975. Member North Dakota Wildlife Advisory Committee, 1967-1972. Member of advisory panel RANN program National Science Foundation, 1974-1975.

Company-chairman IV International Congress Ecology, 1986.

Achievements

• Robert Lewis Burgess has been listed as a noteworthy educator, ecologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1953-1955. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Institute Biological Sciences (governing board 1981-1984.

Connections

Married Vera Ballegoin, July 30, 1955. Children: Karen, Steven, Susan, Ellen, Jonathan.

Father:

James Lewis Burgess

Mother:

Hazel Lira Mae (Warren) Burgess

Spouse:

Vera Ballegoin

child:

Steven Burgess

child:

Ellen Burgess

child:

Jonathan Burgess

child:

Karen Burgess

child:

Susan Burgess