Robert Michael Benbow

Background

Benbow, Robert Michael was born on November 10, 1943 in San Pedro, California, United States. Son of Henry Robertson and Betty Lou (Pederson) Benbow.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1972. Helen Hay Whitney postdoctoral research fellow Laboratory Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, England, 1972-1975.

Assistant professor Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1975-1981, associate professor molecular biology, 1981-1985.

Professor Iowa State University, Ames, since 1985, also director, since 1986. Member cell biology panel National Science Foundation, since 1980.

Career

Research on control of deoxyribonucleic acid replication during embryogenesis in the frog, Xenopus laevis, molecular mechanisms of deoxyribonucleic acid replication in soybean, Glycine max.

Achievements

• Robert Michael Benbow has been listed as a noteworthy biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Biological Chemists, American Society Cell Biology, American Chemical Society, Development Biology Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Lena Camilla Persson, January 5, 1975. Children– Wystan, Bronwen, Trefor, Evan, Lovisa, Byron, Lena.

Father:

Henry Robertson Benbow

Mother:

Betty Lou (Pederson) Benbow

Spouse:

Lena Camilla Persson

child:

Trefor Benbow

child:

Wystan Benbow

child:

Evan Benbow

child:

Byron Benbow

child:

Bronwen Benbow

child:

Lena Benbow

child:

Lovisa Benbow