Background
Brown, Spencer Wharton was born on November 26, 1918 in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States. Son of J. Maughs and Lillian (James) Brown.
Brown, Spencer Wharton was born on November 26, 1918 in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States. Son of J. Maughs and Lillian (James) Brown.
Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1938. Postgraduate U. Missouri, 1938-1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University California at Berkeley, 1942.
Assistant professor botany U. Georgia, 1943-1945. Associate in genetics University of California at Berkeley, 1945-1946, instructor, 1946-1948, assistant professor, 1948-1954, associate professor, 1954-1960, professor genetics, 1960-1977. Guggenheim fellow, 1956-1957.
Member American Society Naturalists, Genetics Society American (secretary-general XIII International Congress Genetics), International Genetics Federation (president from 1973), Botanical Society American, American Association University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Roberta Marie Schuknecht, January 6, 1939 (divorced, 1958).