Background
Dougherty, Robert Watson was born on February 5, 1904 in Newcoverstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Watson and Amie D. Dougherty.
Dougherty, Robert Watson was born on February 5, 1904 in Newcoverstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Watson and Amie D. Dougherty.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1927. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1936. Master of Science, Oregon State University, 1941.
Instructor to assistant professor Oregon State University, 1937—1942. Associate professor Washington State University, 1946—1948. Professor veterinary physiology Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1948—1961, Iowa State University, Ames, 1963—1974.
Chief physiopathology laboratory National Animal Disease Center, 1961—1974. Chairman organizing committee 2nd International Symposium Ruminant Physiology and Nutrition, Iowa State University, 1964. Helped organize laboratories in tropical and high country of Andes College Veterinary Medicine, San Marcos University, Lima, Peru, 1966.
President Conference Research Workers in Animal Diseases, 1973. Visiting professor North Carolina State University, 1974—1975, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1977—1978, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1978. Presenter papers at science meetings throughout the world.
Lecturer in field; Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1942-1946, PTO.
Fellow: American College Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Member: American Veterinary Medical Association, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Physiological Society, American Society Veterinary Physiologists and Pharmacologists, American Academy Veterinary Nutritionists, New York Academy of Sciences, World Association Veterinary Physiologists, Pharmacologists, and Biochemists (charter member, vice president 1978), Phi Zeta, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Sigma Xi.
Married Ardythe Wilson Dougherty (deceased 1943). Married Ruth McKinley Dougherty, January 1, 1948. Children: Michael Robert, Susan Eileen.