Background
Robbins, William Jacob was born on February 22, 1890 in North Platte, Nebraska, United States. Son of Frederick Woods and Clara (Federhoof) Robbins.
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William Jacob Robbins
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AB, Lehigh University, 1910; Doctor of Science, Lehigh University, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1915; Doctor of Science, Fordham University, 1945.
Career
Instructor biology, Lehigh University, 1910-1911;
instructor plant physiology, Cornell Univercity, 1912-1916;
assistant in plant physiology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, summers 1912, 13;
professor botany, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1916-1917;
plant physiologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1916-1917;
soil biochemist, Bureau Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, 1919;
professor botany, U. Missouri, 1919-1937;
dean Graduate School, U. Missouri, 1930-1937;
acting president, U. Missouri, September 1933-May 1934;
professor, Columbia University, 1937-1958;
professor emeritus, Columbia University, from 1958. Board directors New York Botanical Garden, 1937-1958. President Fairchild Tropical Garden,1962-1969.
Associate director international science activities National Science Foundation, 1962-1963. TrusteeRockefeller U., from 1956.
Achievements
Membership
Connected with European office Rockefeller Foundation, 1928-1930. Chairman National Research Fellowship Board in Biological Sciences, 1931-1937. Special investigator Citrus Experiment Station, University of California, summer 1924.
Second lieutenant Sanitary Corporation, United States Army, 1918. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member NAS (treasurer 1948-1960), Am.Philos.
Society (president 1956-1959, Executive officer 1959-1960), Botanical Society American, Cosmos Club, Century Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Alpha.
Connections
Married Christine F. Chapman, July 15, 1915. Children: Frederick Chapman, William Clinton, Daniel Harvey.
