Background
Harrison, Robert William was born on November 3, 1915 in Napoleon, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Foster and Goldie Della (Fahrer) Harrison.
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Robert William Harrison
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AB, Oberlin College, 1938; postgraduate, Springfield (Massachusetts) College, 1938-1939; certified, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, summer 1939, 41; Master of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1941; Master of Science, Yale University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy (National Cancer Institute research fellow), Yale University, 1949; certified, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1969; certified, United States Naval Medical School.
Career
Assistant in biology, Springfield College, 1938-1939;
assistant, Wesleyan University, 1939-1941;
visiting associate professor, Wesleyan University, 1957;
assistant in zoology, Yale University, New Haven, 1941-1942, 46-48;
research assistant pathology Medical School, Yale University, New Haven, 1942;
instructor zoology, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1949-1950;
assistant professor, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1950-1956;
associate professor, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1956-1965;
professor, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1965-1977;
visiting extension professor physiology, Rhode Island Hospital School Nursing, Kingston, 1966, 67, 70;
professor emeritus, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, since 1977;
associate dean division university extension, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1968-1968;
acting dean, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1969-1970;
acting department chairman zoology, Crime Laboratory, 1974-1975;
consultant, Crime Laboratory. Chairman Faculty Senate, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1963-1964. Advisor to health professions, 1970-1974.
Visiting special instructor Brown U., 1958.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Animal Rescue League Southern Rhode Island. Member Republican Town Committee of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, 1962-1966, chairman bipartisan committee on town administrator Town Council, 1966. President Friends of University Rhode Island Library.
Scoutmaster, commissioner Boy Scouts American. Choir Kingston Congressional Church, since 1952. Corporal Ohio National Guard, 1932-1940, sergeant temporary, 1938-1939.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, active duty, 1942-1946. Captain United States Naval Reserve, Medical Service Corps, 1953-1970, retired. Member American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Retired Teachers Association, American Institute Biological Sciences, Rhode Island Association Health, Physical Education and Recreation (honorary life), New York Academy of Sciences, American Society Zoologists, American College Sports Medicine, Fleet Reserve Association, Retired Officers Association, American Association Retired Persons, Commodore Point Judith Yacht Club, South County Chamber Singers Club, Tavern Hall Club of Kingston, United States Sailing Association, Sierra Club, Oberlin College Heisman Club, Smithsonian Associates, River Bend Athletic Club, Young Men’s Christian Association South County, Yale Association Rhode Island, University Rhode Island Faculty Center Association.
Connections
Married Marion Murlless Billings, May 30, 1943 (divorced 1973). Children: Suzanne Harrison Marchetti, Elizabeth A. Harrison Greene, Barbara A. Harrison DiOrio. Married Ruth Lightner Hastings, July 31, 1974 (divorced November 1980).
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