Background
Hegner, Robert William was born on February 15, 1880 in Decorah, Iowa, United States. Son of Charles G. and Wilhelmina (Busch) Hegner.
Hegner, Robert William was born on February 15, 1880 in Decorah, Iowa, United States. Son of Charles G. and Wilhelmina (Busch) Hegner.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1903, Master of Science, 1904. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1908. Honorary Doctor of Science., Mount Union College, 1939.
Instructor and assistant professor zoölogy, University of Michigan, 1908-1918. Associate Professor protozoölogy, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins, 1918-1920. Professor and head of department medical zoölogy, same university, since 1922.
Visiting professor of parasitology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, University of the Philippines, 1929-1930, London School of Tropical Medicine, 1926.
Member scientific expedition to Mexico, 1903. Member Scientific Board of Gorgas Memorial Institute. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Institute Public Health (London), Royal Society Tropical Medicine.
Member American Society Zoölogists, American Society Parasitologists, American Society Naturalists, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Omega, Alpha Pi Lambda.
Member Belgium Society of Tropical Medicine.
Married Jane Zabriskie, September 12, 1906. Children: Janette Louisiana Tourette Zabriskie, Mary Elizabeth (deceased), Isabel McKinney (deceased).