Institute of Ecology records, Robert Burgess interview, 1985 March 20

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Summary

Creator:
Burgess, Robert L.
Date:
1985 March 20
Extent:
1 interview(s) (40.0 minutes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Institute of Ecology records, Robert Burgess interview, har-ua97-066_0001-1, University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Robert Burgess discusses the Institute of Ecology, including its origins, its approaches to research, its relationship with colleges and universities, its structural and funding challenges, and its demise.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Burgess was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on September 12, 1931, before his family moved to Milwaukee in 1934, where he spent his school years. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and spent two years in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, as a cryptographer. He completed a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1957, and his M.S. (1959), and Ph.D. (1961) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In 1970, Robert took the position of Deputy Director of the U.S. International Biological Program (IBP)'s Eastern Deciduous Forest Biome project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He served the Ecological Society of America in a wide variety of other roles throughout his career. From 1965 to 1973, he was on ESA's Membership Committee, and later served on the Ethics and Professionalism Committee from 1971-1980 and 1982-1984.

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Preferred citation:

Institute of Ecology records, Robert Burgess interview, har-ua97-066_0001-1, University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.