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Peter Vaughn Fankboner
Parents: Dr. Ronald Bell Fankboner, MD & Margarite Elizabeth Fankboner, RN. Marital Status: Married to Margaret Probert Fankboner, MSc, 1966-present. Children: Dale, Morgan. Education: K-12 (13 different schools), Graduated from Christian Brothers College High School, Memphis, Tennessee in 1956. California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, B.S. (Biology), 1964. University of the Pacific, Stockton, Califoronia, M.S. (Marine Science), 1970. University of Victoria, British Columbia, PhD (Invertebrate Biology), 1971. Stazione Zoologica, Napoli, Post Doctoral, 1972. Cambridge University, Post Doctoral, 1971-1972. Military Service: U.S. Navy, 1956-1958 (Active Duty), 1958-1962 (Reserve). Employment: U.S. Navy (1956-1958); Wm.
J. Burns Detective Agency (1959-1960); U. S. Industrial Chemical Company
(1961-1962); Beckman Instrument Company (1962-1964); Scripps Institution
of Oceanography (1964-1965); Simon Fraser University (1972-present).
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Captain R.B. "Butch*" Fankboner. Last Chief Medical Officer of the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship HAVEN.  
A Regulus I being launched (using JATO boosters) from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Randolf (circa 1957). Above: Portion of a Guided Missile Group II launch crew (including P.V.F.) for the U.S. Navy's first tactical cruise missile, the Regulus I (circa 1958). 
*A nickname acquired following an unreported incident aboard the U.S. Navy Battleship WYOMING in 1942 when R.B.F. threw a gentleman (who had disobeyed orders) down a ladder (stairway). |
