Robert William Lichtwardt

Background

Lichtwardt, Robert William was born on November 27, 1924 in Rio de Janeiro. Son of Henry Herman and Ruth Moyer Lichtwardt.

Education

AB, Oberlin College, 1949; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1954.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, National Science Foundation, Panama, Brazil, 1954-1955; postdoctoral research associate, Iowa State University, Ames, 1955-1957; assistant professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1957-1960; associate professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1960-1965; senior postdoctoral fellow, National Science Foundation, Hawaii., Japan, 1963-1964; professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1965-1994; professor emeritus, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1994.

Achievements

• Robert William Lichtwardt has been listed as a noteworthy Mycologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mycological Society American (life, president 1971-1972, editor-in-chief 1965-1970, William H. Weston award for teaching excellence in mycology 1982, Distinguished Mycologist award 1991), British Mycological Society (honorary), Japan Mycological Society (honorary).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Thomas, January 27, 1951. Children: Ruth Elizabeth, Robert Thomas.

Father:

Henry Herman

Mother:

Ruth Moyer Lichtwardt

Spouse:

Elizabeth Thomas

child:

Robert Thomas Lichtwardt

child:

Ruth Elizabeth Lichtwardt