About Dr. Bobby G. Wixson

HONORARY MEMBER

Dr. Bobby G. Wixson of Springfield, Missouri, earned a bachelor’s degree in geology and a master’s degree in biology from Sul Ross State University in 1960 and 1961, respectively, and a Ph.D. in aquatic biology from Texas A&M University in 1966. He served and was discharged as a Captain of the U.S. Marine Corps. in the Korean War. Wixson was professor emeritus of environmental health and civil engineering and dean emeritus of international programs at Missouri S&T, where he was a faculty member from 1967 to 1987. In 1987, he moved to Clemson University, serving as professor emeritus of biological sciences and dean emeritus of the College of Sciences until 1996. Wixson held positions in the International Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Partners of the Americas, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. Department of State as the Scholar-Diplomat in Technology (Environmental and Scientific Affairs). Sul Ross State University awarded Wisxon a Distinguished Alumni Award, Texas A&M entered him into the Academy of Distinguished Former Students and Missouri S&T presented him with the Outstanding Teaching Award and the Alumni Merit Award for Outstanding Teaching, Service and Research. He also received the Gold Medal for Interamerican Partners Program from the State of Para, Brazil, the Outstanding Leadership award from the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health, and the Julian J. Chisolm Jr. Award for Leadership. Wixson served as a reviewer and consultant for the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the United Nations Environment Programme, and has published eight books, 11 book chapters and 148 publications on topics ranging from heavy metals in the environment to aquatic pollution and hazardous waste management.