University of Minnesota Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of ROBERT TANKERSLEY
TANKERSLEY, Robert Walker Jr., of Richmond, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013. He was born June 18, 1927 in Watsonville, Calif. He grew up in Sacramento, Calif. and spent his summers in Long Beach. During World War II, he joined the Merchant Marines and then enlisted in the Army. After the war,, he enrolled at Stanford University, earning his bachelor's degree in 1951 and his Ph.D. in Microbiology in 1955. Upon graduation, he accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota....