Robert Lee Gilbertson
Robert Lee Gilbertson | |
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 R.L. Gilbertson at The Robert L. Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium | |
| Born | January 15, 1925 Hamilton, Montana, U.S. |
| Died | October 26, 2011 (aged 86) |
| Education | State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry |
| Awards | Distinguished Mycologist Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mycology |
| Workplaces | University of Arizona |
| Josiah Lowe | |
Robert Lee Gilbertson (January 15, 1925 – October 26, 2011) was a distinguished American mycologist and educator. He was a faculty member at University of Arizona for 26 years until his retirement from teaching in 1995; he was a Professor Emeritus at U of A until his death on October 26, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona. 2011. He held concurrent positions as Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona (1967–95) for a project Research on wood-rotting fungi and other fungi associated with southwestern plants and was collaborator and consultant with Center for Forest Mycology Research, US Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin (1957–1981).