Background
Touchberry, Robert Walton was born on October 27, 1921 in Manning, South Carolina, United States. Son of Samuel Lee and Linwood Miller (Gibson) Touchberry.
Touchberry, Robert Walton was born on October 27, 1921 in Manning, South Carolina, United States. Son of Samuel Lee and Linwood Miller (Gibson) Touchberry.
Bachelor of Science, Clemson University, 1945. Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1948.
Assistant professor, associate professor, then professor genetics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1948-1970;
professor, head department animal science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1970-1982;
Senson professor, University of California, Davis, 1982-1990;
chair department animal science, University of California, Davis, 1982-1987;
professor animal science, University of California, Davis, since 1990. Consultant in animal genetics Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), United States Agency for International Development, Worldbank, various locations, 1965-1989. Technical representative genetics division biology and medicine Atomic Energy Commission, Germantown, Maryland., 1967-1968.
Advising committee Center Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland., since 1987.
Elder Presbyterian Church, Illinois, Minnesota, California, 1960-1990. President Illinois Congress Parent-Teachers Association, Champaign, 1961. Council committee Champaign area Boy Scouts American, 1965-1970.
Second lieutenant infantry United States Army, 1943-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Animal Science (program committee, Animal Breeding and Genetics award 1971). Member American Dairy Science Association (board directors 1977-1980), American Genetics Association.
Married Caroline Fuhrmeister, September 1, 1948. Children: Robert Walton Junior, Pamela, Forrest Lee, Alan Bruce.