Background
Yeatman, Harry Clay was born on June 22, 1916 in Ashwood, Tennessee, United States. Son of Trezevant Player and Mary (Wharton) Yeatman.
Yeatman, Harry Clay was born on June 22, 1916 in Ashwood, Tennessee, United States. Son of Trezevant Player and Mary (Wharton) Yeatman.
Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1939. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1953.
Student, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1937.
Assistant professor biology, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1950-1954; associate professor, University of South, 1954-1960; professor, University of South, since 1960; Kenan professor, University of South, since 1980; department chairman, University of South, 1972-1976; elderhostel teacher, University of South, 1987-1988. Visiting professor marine biology Virginia Institute Marine Science, Gloucester Point, summer 1967. Consultant Smithsonian Institution, Science Applications, Inc., La Jolla, California, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, World Health Organization, Ecological Analysts, Inc., Baltimore, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society Systematic Biology (charter), Society Limnology and Oceanography (charter), Society Ichthyology and Herpetology, Tennessee Academy of Sciences, American Micros.
Society, American Ornithologists Union, Tennessee Ornithological Society, Tennessee Archeological Society, National Speleological Society, Blue Key, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Nu.
Married Jean Hansford Anderson, November 24, 1949. Children– Henry Clay, Jean Hansford.
