Robert Chester Szaro

he was a graduate of Texas A&M University (BS), the University of Florida (MS), and Northern

Arizona University (PhD, 1975). Bob began his federal career at the Department of Interior’s

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland, examining the effects of oil pollution o

waterfowl. He joined the US Forest Service in Arizona as a field scientist, later transferring t

headquarters in Washington, DC. Bob served as the Forestry Attache at the US Embassy in

Vienna, Austria from 1996 to 2000, also representing the United States in IUFRO. He was

appointed Assistant Director of the Pacific Northwest Research Center in Portland, Oregon. I

2004, Bob joined the US Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia as the Chief Scientist for

Biology. Retirement in 2008 brought new adventures as a naturalist guide for Smithsonian

Journeys, and in 2016 he and his wife moved to the central coast of California. Bob was a

globetrotter and photographer who captured countless images of his journeys around the

world. He was a connoisseur of wines and loved living near the vineyards. He is survived by his

wife, Jayne, their son, Matthew, and his brother, Timothy.