Background
White, Robert Rankin was born on February 8, 1942 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Rankin Jones and Eleanor Margaret (White) White.
hydrologist writer and historian
White, Robert Rankin was born on February 8, 1942 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Rankin Jones and Eleanor Margaret (White) White.
Bachelor in Geology, University Texas, 1964; Master of Science in Hydrology, U. Arizona, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in American studies, U. New Mexico, 1993.
Hydrologist, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, 1972-1974; hydrologist, United States Geological Survey, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1974-1978; hydrologist, United States Geological Survey, Santa Fe, 1978-1980; hydrologist, United States Geological Survey, Albuquerque, 1980-1989; writer, historian, Albuquerque, since 1989. Member planning board New Mexico Art History Conference, Taos, New Mexico, since 1987.
(The only book-length study of the initiator of the Taos a...)
Board of directors Friends of U. New Mexico Libraries, Albuquerque, 1984-1990. With United States Army, 1965-1968. Member NRA (life), History Society New Mexico (president 1991-1993), New Mexico Book League (president 1994, executive director since 1996), Taos County History Society.