Roger Delmon Goos

Background

Goos, Roger Delmon was born on October 29, 1924 in Beaman, Iowa, United States. Son of Gus and Georgiana Bertha (Witt) Goos.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Iowa, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1958.

Career

Mycologist, United Fruit Company, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1958-1962; scientist, United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1962-1964; curator of fungi, American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Maryland., 1964-1968; associate researcher, visiting associate professor botany, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1968-1970; associate professor botany, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1970-1972; chair department of botany, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1971-1986; professor botany, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1972-1995; professor emeritus, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, since 1995. Trustee American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Maryland., 1977-1982. Visiting researcher U. B.C., 1977, U. Hawaii, 1977, U. Exeter, United Kingdom, 1984, Bishop Museum, 1990.

Achievements

• Roger Delmon Goos has been listed as a noteworthy Mycologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1944-1946, 50-51. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mycological Society American (secretary-treasurer 1980-1983, vice president 1983-1984, president-elect 1984-1985, president 1985-1986), Botanical Society American, American Society Microbiology, American Phytopath. Society, Mycological Society Japan, British Mycological Society, Mycological Society India.

Connections

Married Mary Lee Engel, September 21, 1946. Children: Marinda Lee, Suzanne Maurine.

Father:

Gus Goos

Mother:

Georgiana Bertha (Witt) Goos

Spouse:

Mary Lee Engel

child:

Suzanne Maurine Goos

child:

Marinda Lee Goos