Robert Russell Louis Guillard

Background

Guillard, Robert Russell Louis was born on February 5, 1921 in New York City. Son of Robert Lilliard Russell and Suzanne (DeMoura) Guillard.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1941; Master of Science, Yale University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1954.

Career

Electrical engineer, Navy Yard, New York City, 1941-1946; instructor physics, New York University, 1946; instructor physics, City College of New York, 1946-1949; graduate assistant department plant science, Yale University, New Haven, 1950-1953; research associate, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1954-1955; aquatic microbiologist, United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., Milford, Connecticut, 1955-1958; from associate to senior scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1958-1981; senior scientist, Bigelow Laboratory Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine., since 1981; director, Provasoli-Guillard Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine., 1985-1989. Consultant Pigeon Point Research Center, Pescadera, California, 1974-1976. Instructor marine botany Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 1967-1970, 78, 79.

Achievements

• Robert Russell Louis Guillard has been listed as a noteworthy Biological oceanographer, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Phycol. Society American (editorial board 1974-1977, 81-85), International Phycol. Society (executive county 1974-1977), American Society Limnology and Oceanography (editorial board 1983-1986).

Interests

• Avocations: music, English country and Morris dance, fencing, shooting sports, old farms.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Davenport, May 1954 (divorced 1962). Married Ruth Fredericks Stimson, December 6, 1962.

Father:

Robert Lilliard Russell Guillard

Mother:

Suzanne (DeMoura) Guillard

Spouse:

Elizabeth Davenport

Spouse:

Ruth Fredericks Stimson