- Collection:
- Institute of Ecology Records, Interviews
- Title:
- Institute of Ecology records. 1985 March 20.
- Creator:
- Burgess, Robert Lewis, 1931-
University of Georgia. Libraries. Department of Archives & Records Management - Date of Original:
- 1985-03-20
- Subject:
- Institute of Ecology
- People:
- Burgess, Robert Lewis, 1931-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- 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.
Related material in this repository: Institute of Ecology records, UA07-066 and the Ecological Society of America records, UA97-061.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/har-ua97-066_0001-1/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Institute of Ecology records, Robert Burgess interview, UA97-066_0001-1, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (40 min.) : digital, stereo
- Original Collection:
- Finding aid: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/UA97-066_0001-1/findingaid
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
