Faculty Records: Robert R. Christian Papers

1982-2019
University Archives #UA90-68
Creator(s)
Christian, Robert R.
Physical description
1 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
[Item description]. Robert R. Christian Papers. UA90-68, Box [number]. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
Repository
East Carolina University Archives
Access
The collection is open for research use.

This collection contains materials from Dr. Robert R. Christian. It includes materials from his time as a Professor of Biology at East Carolina University, as well as published research and materials related to professional organizations that Dr. Christian held membership in.


Biographical/historical information

Dr. Robert Raymond Christian received his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Georgia in 1976. Upon completion of his doctoral degree, Dr. Christian accepted a position at Drexel University, where he remained until 1981. After leaving Drexel University, Dr. Christian was named an Associate Professor of Biology at East Carolina University in 1981 and was given the rank of Professor of Biology in 1985, a position he remained in until his retirement in 2019. During his time at East Carolina University, Dr. Christian also served as the Director of Graduate Studies for Biology, was named a Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in 2007, as well as a Distinguished Research Professor of Biology in 2003. Dr. Christian also served as a visiting Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Ferrara, which located in the city of Ferrara, Italy, during the 1991 academic year.


Scope and arrangement

This collection contains materials from Dr. Robert R. Christian. It includes materials from his time as a Professor of Biology at East Carolina University, as well as published research and materials related to professional organizations that Dr. Christian held membership in.


Administrative information
Copyright notice

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Language of material

Materials located in series four are written in both English and Italian.

Related material

This collection is a part of Faculty Records.


Container list
Box 1 Biographical Materials
Box 1 Published Materials, 1970-1989
Box 1 Published Materials, 1990-1995
Box 1 Published Materials, 1996-1999
Box 1 Published Materials, 2001-2006, undated
Box 1 Materials Related to the Integrated Global Observing Strategy, 2002-2003, 2006
Box 1 Materials Related to the Coastal Initiative of the Global Terrestrial Observing System, 2000-2003
Box 1 "An Integrated, Sustained, Global and Coastal Ocean Observing System for the United States, Initial Implementation Plan" A Draft Report to the Congress prepared by The Ocean.US National Office for Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observations, 2002-04
Box 1 Correspondence, 1994-1997, 2006
Box 1 Administrative Files, 1989, 1994-1997, 2006
Box 1 Newspaper Clippings, 1995, 1997, and undated
Box 1 East Carolina University's Coastal Resources Management Program, 1998, 2002