Background
Heath, Robert Thornton was born on March 12, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Arthur Edwin and Marian (Dillenbeck) Heath.
Heath, Robert Thornton was born on March 12, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Arthur Edwin and Marian (Dillenbeck) Heath.
Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, 1968.
Postdoctoral fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1968-1970; postdoctoral fellow, U. Georgia, Athens, 1975-1976; resident fellow, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1991-1992; professor department biological science, Kent (Ohio) State University, since 1970; director Water Resources Research Institute, Kent (Ohio) State University, since 1993. Consultant Sea World Ohio, Solon, 1980-1981. Member of advisory county Ohio Coastal Resources, since 1997.
Board of directors Old Woman Creek-National Estuarine Research Reserve, Huron, Ohio, since 1984, Ohio Sea Grant, (Executive Committee, since 1991). Fellow Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Ecological Society American, American Society Microbiology, Ohio Academy Science (vice president ecology 1989-1991).
Married Linda Wilbert, August 6,1965 (divorced June 1975). Children: David Edward, Tara Lyn. Married Elizabeth Leigh Buchanan, July 26, 1980.