Robert W. Allard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert W. Allard
American geneticist
Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1919
Place of Birth: San Fernando Valley, California, United States
Date of Death: 24-Mar-2003
Profession: geneticist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Robert W. Allard
- Robert "Bob" Wayne Allard (September 3, 1919 – March 25, 2003) was an American plant breeder and plant population geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading plant population geneticists of the 20th century.
- Allard became Chair of the Genetics Department at University of California, Davis in 1967; he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1973, and was awarded the DeKalb-Pfizer Distinguished Career Award and the Crop Science Science of America Award.
- He was honored as the Nilsson-Ehle Lecturer of the Mendelian Society of Sweden and as the Wilhelmine Key lecturer of the American Genetic Association.
- He also served as president of he Genetics Society of America, the American Genetic Association and the American Society of Naturalists.As Chair of the Department of Genetics at U.C.
- Davis he played a major role in bringing Theodosius Dobzhansky and Francisco J.
- Ayala to the Genetics Department in the early 1970s.
- With G.
- Ledyard Stebbins there as well, the department became preeminent in both plant and animal evolution.
- He trained 56 doctorate students and more than 100 masters students over his career.
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