Background
Cruden, Robert William was born on March 18, 1936 in Cleveland.
Cruden, Robert William was born on March 18, 1936 in Cleveland.
AB, Hiram (Ohio) College, 1958; Master of Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1967.
Assistant professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1967-1971; associate professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1971-1978; professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1978. Acting director Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, Wahepton, 1989-1994, past assistant director.
Member president's county on science initiatives Hiram College, since 1994. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, AM. Society Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society American, Ecological Society American, British Ecology Society, Society for the Study of Evolution, Association for Tropical Biology, New England Botanical Society, Iowa Academy Science.
M. Diana Benedict Loeb, December 21, 1967. Children: Nathalie Rebecca, Lyda Marie. Married Diana Ruth Gannett, July 1996.