Background
Hiatt, Robert Worth was born on December 23, 1913 in San Jose, California, United States. Son of Elwood B. and Bernice (Bane) Hiatt.
Hiatt, Robert Worth was born on December 23, 1913 in San Jose, California, United States. Son of Elwood B. and Bernice (Bane) Hiatt.
Bachelor of Arts, San Jose State College, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1941.
Instructor, assistant professor zoology, Montana State College, 1941-1943;
assistant professor zoology, U. Hawaii, 1943-1945;
associate professor, professor, senior professor, department chairman, U. Hawaii, 1946-1955;
dean Graduate School, director research, U. Hawaii, 1955-1963;
vice president academic affairs, U. Hawaii, 1963-1968;
acting president, U. Hawaii, 1968-1969;
executive director, U. Hawaii Research Corporation, 1969;
science counselor, United States embassy, Tokyo, 1970-1973;
president, U. Alaska, 1973-1978. Science liaison officer American embassy, London, England., 1957-1958. Director Hawaii Marine Laboratory, 1943-1955, Eniwetok Marine Biological Laboratory, 1952-1969, Standard Oil Corporation Ohio, 1974-1979.
Chairman advising committee hydrobiology Office Naval Research, 1951-1965, member of advisory commission on biology, 1951-1956. Member commission on international relations American Institute Biological Science, 1959-1963. Member Office Institutional Programs Council, National Science Foundation, 1960-1966, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) panel experts on marine fisheries, 1962-1969.
Consultant division biology and medicine National Science Foundation, 1968-1969. Chairman, editor Proceedings International Conference on Marine laboratories, Rome, 1955.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Pacific Science Association, National Academy of Sciences (Pacific science board), American Ornithological Union, American Fisheries Society, American Society Zoologists, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society Systematic Zoologists, Ecological Society of America, American Society Limnology and Oceanography.
Married Elizabeth A. Matthews, July 18, 1938. Children— Judith L., Gerald A., William R.