Bob McDonald, 57, was born in Kansas City, Mo., the youngest child of two public school teachers.
In 1969, he was awarded an American Field Service scholarship for a year’s study in Glasgow, Scotland promoting international relations.
Later, during his undergraduate studies in biology at the University of California at Irvine, he received a National Science Foundation Scholarship for original research in memory and learning. He then studied in Goettingen, West Germany for two years…