Background
Briggs, Robert Wilbur was born on March 27, 1934 in Delavan, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Wilbur and Hazel Berneice (Hymbaugh) Briggs.
Briggs, Robert Wilbur was born on March 27, 1934 in Delavan, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Wilbur and Hazel Berneice (Hymbaugh) Briggs.
Student, Illinois State Normal U., 1952-1954; Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1956; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1963.
Assistant geneticist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1965-1968; associate geneticist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1968-1969; research scientist, Funk Seeds International division Chemical Industries Basel-GEIGY, Bloomington, Illinois, 1969-1975; principal research scientist, Funk Seeds International division Chemical Industries Basel-GEIGY, Bloomington, Illinois, since 1975. Adjunct Professor genetics Adelphi U., Garden City, New York, 1963-1965. Adjunct Professor biology Illinois State University, Normal, since 1984.
Chairman of advancement Boy Scouts American, since 1984. Project leader 4-H, since 1984. Board directors Friends of Constitution Trail, Bloomington, since 1990.
With United States Army Reserve, 1958-1963. Member American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Sigma Xi.
Married Gail Ann Chelmo, March 31, 1962. Children: David Robert, Sarah Annual.