Ronald James Newton

Ronald James Newton, a triplet and the sixteenth born in a family of twenty siblings, has served as a science educator in public schools and universities for forty years. He is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado (BA, biology, 1961), the University of Utah (MS, science education, 1966), and Texas A&M University (PhD, botany, 1971). He is retired from academic life and lives with his wife, Mary, in Coppell, TX. They have a son and a daughter and four grandchildren. In 2015, Newton...See more

Ronald James Newton, a triplet and the sixteenth born in a family of twenty siblings, has served as a science educator in public schools and universities for forty years. He is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado (BA, biology, 1961), the University of Utah (MS, science education, 1966), and Texas A&M University (PhD, botany, 1971). He is retired from academic life and lives with his wife, Mary, in Coppell, TX. They have a son and a daughter and four grandchildren. In 2015, Newton published through Xlibris a memoir of his life with 19 siblings titled, Light of her Children. See less