Robert Lynch Wilbur

Background

Wilbur, Robert Lynch was born on July 4, 1925 in Annapolis, Maryland. Son of Ralph Sydney and Elizabeth Ellen (Lynch) Wilbur.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Duke U., 1946; Master of Arts, Duke U., 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1952.

Career

Assistant professor botany, U. Georgia, Athens, 1952-1953; assistant professor botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1953-1957; assistant professor botany, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1957-1963; associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1963-1969; professor department botany, systematic botanist, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1970.

Achievements

• Robert Lynch Wilbur has been listed as a noteworthy Botanist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Jeanne Marie Doucette. Children: Martha, Ralph, Ellen, Mark, Margaret, Lenore.

Father:

Ralph Sydney Wilbur

Mother:

Elizabeth Ellen (Lynch) Wilbur

Spouse:

Jeanne Marie Doucette

child:

Margaret Wilbur

child:

Ellen Wilbur

child:

Ralph Wilbur

child:

Martha Wilbur

child:

Lenore Wilbur

child:

Mark Wilbur