Background
Park, Roderic Bruce was born on January 7, 1932 in Cannes, France. Son of Malcolm Sewell and Dorothea (Turner) Park. came to the United States, 1932.
Park, Roderic Bruce was born on January 7, 1932 in Cannes, France. Son of Malcolm Sewell and Dorothea (Turner) Park. came to the United States, 1932.
AB, Harvard University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1958.
Postdoctoral fellow, California Institute Technology, 1958;
Postdoctoral fellow, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 1958-1960;
professor botany, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-1989;
professor plant biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-1993;
professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, since 1993;
department chairman instruction in biology, University of California, 1965-1968;
provost, dean, University of California (College Letters and Science), 1972-1980;
vice chancellor, University of California (College Letters and Science), 1980-1990;
chancellor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1994-1997. President Brickyard Cove Harbors, Inc., 1975-1977. Director William Kaufmann, Inc., 1976-1986.
Member corporation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1974-1980. Member Harvard Visiting Committee on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990-1993.
Trustee Athenian School, since 1980, University of California-Berkeley Foundation, 1986-1990. President Jepson Endowment, since 1992, president, since 1994. Board directors Association Harvard Alumni, 1976-1979.
Board overseers Harvard University, 1981-1987. Member Executive Committee Council Academy Affairs, 1986-1990, chairman, 1988-1989. Member Executive Committee National Assn.State Universities and Land Grant Colls., 1988-1990.
Member visiting committee Arnold Arboretum, 1981-1988, chairman, 1986-1988. Acting director University and Jepson Herbaria, 1991-1993. Co-chair Colorado Combined Campain, 1996-1997.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Plant Physiologists, American Botanical Society, American Society Photobiology, Danforth Association (president San Francisco chapter 1972), Richmond Yacht Club (commodore 1972, director foundation since 1992), Rockpile Vineyard (president since 1997), Transpacific Yacht Club, Pacific Cup Yacht Club, Explorers Club.
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Married Marijke DeJong, August 29, 1953. Children: Barbara, Marina, Malcolm.