Del Shankel
American microbiologist and academic administrator
About Del Shankel
Lived 1927 – 2018 (aged 90). Del Shankel was an American.
Delbert Merrill Shankel (August 4, 1927 – July 12, 2018) was an American microbiologist and academic administrator. He served as the interim chancellor of the University of Kansas in 1994. Shankel, a microbiologist, was educated at Walla Walla College and University of Texas (PhD in Bacteriology and Biochemistry, 1959). He started teaching at the University of Kansas' Department of Microbiology in 1959. He retired in 1996 and was named professor and chancellor emeritus
Shankel died on July 12, 2018.
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Who was Del Shankel?
American microbiologist and academic administrator (1927-2018)
When was Del Shankel born?
Del Shankel was born on 4 August 1927 in Plainview.
When did Del Shankel die?
Del Shankel died on 12 July 2018 in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Del Shankel was American.
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