Roger Breeze
Dr. Roger Gerrard Breeze BVMS, Ph.D, MRCVS (10 October 1946 - 14 June 2016) was an English veterinary scientist who was an expert on bio-terrorism and a critic of mass culling to combat foot and mouth disease in animals.[1][2][3] [4]
Education
- Graduated from Manchester Grammar School
- Received his Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery and a PhD in Veterinary Pathology from the University of Glasgow (1964-1973)
Career
- Was a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
- Lecturer at The University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine (1968-1977)
- Professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Pathology at Washington State University (1977-1987)
- Deputy Director at the University of Washington Technology Center (1984-1987)
- Director at Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA ARS (1987-1995)
- USDA Agricultural Research Service: Area Director (1995 – 1998) and Associate Administrator (1998-2004)
- CEO/Owner/President of the Centaur Science Group (2004-2015)
- Bio-Security Deputy Program Director at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2011-?)
Awards
Dr. Breeze received the Distinguished Executive Award from President Clinton in 1998 for his work at Plum Island and in biodefense.[5]
gollark: Did you know? Subject appeared in a featureless white room containing nothing but the subject and the late 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush. George H. W. Bush proceeded to produce wet broccoli from an unknown location and continually throw it at the subject while repeatedly saying “1992.”
gollark: I have `palaiologos.csv` if you want.
gollark: Surely you could just buy an arbitrary clock machine™?
gollark: They do this out of spite.
gollark: As you know, worms can travel through time.
References
- "Professor Roger Breeze". thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- "ROGER GERRARD BREEZE's Obituary on The Washington Post". legacy.com. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- "Roger Breeze, expert in animal diseases – obituary". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- "PRO/AH/EDR> Obituary: Roger Gerrard Breeze". Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- Threats, Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Microbial (2007). Forum Member Biographies. National Academies Press (US).
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