Wagner, Robert P.

Robert Wagner was born on May 11, 1918 in The Bronx, NY. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from City College of New York in 1940. Upon graduation he began as a Teaching Fellow in Zoology at the University of Texas while attending graduate school. In 1943 he received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas and was named Emeritus Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology in 1999. He was actively involved in genetic research, published extensively on the subject, and was a member of many scientific societies. He was a founding member of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Texas Genetics Society. Between 1977-1999 Wagner was a consultant for the Life Science Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Robert P. Wagner died in Santa Fe, NM on March 3, 2004.

From the guide to the Robert P. Wagner Papers [94-246; 2007-223]., 1930-2004, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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