William Rodney Wiley

Background

Wiley, William Rodney was born on September 5, 1931 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Russell and Edna Alberta (Threlkeld) Wiley.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Tougaloo College, Mississippi, 1954; Master of Sciences, University Illinois, Urbana, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington State University, Pullman, 1965.

Career

Instructor electronics and radar repair, Keesler Air Force Base-United States Air Force, 1956-1958; Rockefeller Foundation fellow, University of Illinois, 1958-1959; research associate, Washington State University, Pullman, 1960-1965; research scientist department biology, Battelle-Pacific N.W. laboratories, 1965-1969; manager cellular and molecular biology section department biology, Battelle-Pacific N.W. laboratories, 1969-1972; institute coordinator, life science program, associate manager department biology, Battelle-Pacific N.W. laboratories, 1972-1974; manager department biology, Battelle-Pacific N.W. laboratories, 1974-1979; director research, Battelle-Pacific N.W. laboratories, 1979-1984; director, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington, 1984-1994; senior vice president for science & technical policy, Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Washington, since 1994. Adjunct associate professor microbiology Washington State University, Pullman, since 1968. Found.assoc. Pacific Science Center, Seattle, since 1989.

Board directors Station KCTS Channel 9, Seattle, 1990-1994. Trustee Oregon Graduate Center, 1990-1995. Consultant and lecturer in field.

Achievements

• William Rodney Wiley has been listed as a noteworthy microbiologist, administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Washington Technology Center, 1984-1988, science advisory panel Washington Technology Center, 1984-1988, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Seattle branch) since 1991. Member advisory committee University Washington School Medicine, 1976-1979. Trustee Gonzaga University, 1981-1989, board regents, 1968-1981.

Board directors Mining Enforcement And Safety Administration program University Washington, Seattle, 1984-1990, United Way of Benton & Franklin Counties, Washington, since 1984, Tri-City Industrial Development Council, 1984-1994. Member Washington Council Technology Advancement, 1984-1985. Board directors Forward Washington, The Voice for Statewide Economic Vitality, 1984-1995, Northwest College and University Association for Science, since 1985.

Member Tri-City University Center Citizens Advisory Council, since 1985. Appointed Washington State Higher Education Coordinator Board, 1985-1989, Washington State University Foundation, since 1986. Member Washington State University board Regents, since 1989, board directors Washington Roundtable, since 1989, Goodwill Games, 1989-1990.

Member advisory council Montana State Science and Technology, 1990-1991. Member board overseers Whitman College, since 1990. Member external advisory board Clark Atlanta University, since 1991.

Member Central Washington University Institute for Science and Society Board of Advisors, since 1991, Engineering executive committee Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, since 1992. Member Council Government University Industry Research Roundtable, since 1993. Trustee Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, since 1992.

Engineering executive committee Southern University, since 1992. With United States Army, 1954-1956. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Biological Chemists, American Society Microbiology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Sigma Xi (president-elect 1995).

Connections

Married Myrtle Louise Smith, November 10, 1952. 1 child: Johari.

Father:

William Russell Wiley

Mother:

Edna Alberta (Threlkeld) Wiley

Spouse:

Myrtle Louise Smith