Background
Keuren, Robert Wilford Van was born on January 2, 1922 in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. Son of Harry Eugene and Cora Marie (Henrichs) Van Keuren.
Keuren, Robert Wilford Van was born on January 2, 1922 in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. Son of Harry Eugene and Cora Marie (Henrichs) Van Keuren.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1943; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1954.
Teacher vocational agriculture, Greenwood (Wisconsin) Public Schools, 1946-1949;
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation research assistant, University of Wisconsin, 1951-1954;
assistant and associate agronomist, Washington State University, Pullman, 1954-1962;
associate professor, professor agronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1962-1988;
professor emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1988;
researcher, Ohio Agricultural R & D Center, Wooster, 1962-1988. Chairman, member several national and regional research committees on forage. Member United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Agricultural Science Exch.
Program, 1974; consultant Brazilian Government on Forage Research, 1978. Principal investigator Agency for International Development Forage Research, Kenya, Peru, 1979-1983, member survey team for livestock-forage research for S.E. Asia, 1979;principal investigator USDA-UICD United States-Yugoslav Forage Research, since 1988. Plenary lecturer International Hill Land Congress, 1976, 3d Asian Animal Science Congress, 1985.
John B. Peters Memorial lecturer U. West Virginia, 1987. Speaker international grassland congresses, national symposia, numerous national and regionalmeetings American and Canada science and technical group.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations, PTO. Fellow American Society Agronomy (editor, editorial committee, contributing author 4 monographs), Crop Science Society American.
Married Joyce Elaine Stewart, August 5, 1949. Children: Patrice Anne, Jeffrey Robert, James Kenton.