Admninistrative and Service Activities
Robert S. Egan (1971-present)
University of Nebraska at Omaha (1979-present)
Department Level:
Chair, Department of Biology 1979-1984, 1989-1992
Member and chair of numerous departmental committees, 1979-present
College Level:
Elected Member, College of Arts & Sciences Educational Policy Committee, 1987-1990, Chair 1989-1990
Member, Board of Chairs, College of Arts & Sciences, 1979-1984, 1989-1992; Elected Chairman, 1983-84
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Budget Reductions, College of Arts & Sciences, 1980, 1981
University Level:
Member, University Committee on Computer Usage, 1990-1993, 1995-1998; Chair, 1996-1997; 1999-2001
Elected Member, UNO Faculty Senate, 1987-1989; member of Committee on Personnel and Welfare
Elected Member, University of Nebraska at Omaha Graduate Council, 1982-1984, 1986-1989; 1997; Chair, Committee C, 1983-84, member 1997; Chair, Committee B, 1987-88; Liaison Member 1989-1991
Member, Academic Planning Council Review Teams for Departments of Geography-Geology (1982), Communications (1983), Gerontology (1984), and Economics (1985), Psychology (1988, 1998), Sociology (1989), History (1990), Economics (1991, 1996)
Panel Member, Improvement of Instruction Workshop, 1980, 1987
University System Level:
Elected Member, Executive Graduate Council, University of Nebraska, 1982-1985; 1988-1991
Elected Member, Executive Committee, Executive Graduate Council, University of Nebraska, 1983-1985, 1990-1991
Extra-University:
Secretary-Treasurer, American Bryological and Lichenological Society (2004-2009)
Past President, American Bryological and Lichenological Society (2001-2003
President, American Bryological and Lichenological Society (1999-2001)
President-Elect, American Bryological and Lichenological Society (1997-1999)
Elected Secretary-Treasurer, American Bryological and Lichenological Society, 1989-1995
Elected Treasurer, International Association for Lichenology, 1987-1993
Elected Executive Committee Member, Missouri Valley Group, Nebraska Chapter of the Sierra Club, 1988-1989
Chair, Nominating Committee, Bryological and Lichenological Section of the Botanical Society of America, 1980
Member, James Cravens Scholarship Committee, Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Alpine, Texas, 1978-1982
Consultant, InterNorth Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska 1983-1984
Consultant, Environmental Science and Engineering, Inc. (ESE), Gainsville, Florida
Texas A&M University: (1975-1979)
Curator, Biology Department Herbarium (1975-1979)
Coordinator, Freshman Biology Program (1975-1979)
Member, Biology Department Curriculum Committee (1975-1979)
Biology Coordinator, College of Science Laboratory and Classroom Building
Faculty Advisor, TAMU Botany Club (1977-1979)
Faculty Advisor, Beta Beta Beta Honorary Society (1978-1979)
Member, College of Science Instructional Resources Committee (1975-1979)
Member, Systematics Faculty Group and Chair of committees on Fees for Collection Use and Electronic Data Processing for Collections; Chairman, 1977-1978
Member, Teaching Effectiveness Committee, Biology Department (1979)
Judge, El Campo Regional Science Fair (1976)
Judge, Brazos Valley Science and Engineering Fair (1978)
Consultant, Epsy, Huston & Associates, Austin, TX
Consultant, National Parks Service, Beaumont, TX
Member, Board of Trustees, Brazos Valley Museum of Natural Science, Bryan, Texas (1979)
Castleton State College: (1971-1975)
Director, Division of Natural & Applied Sciences (1973-1975)
Member, College Publications Committee