Background
Holmquist, Albert Martinius was born on October 7, 1891 in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Son of Adam William and Mary (Groven) Holmquist.
Holmquist, Albert Martinius was born on October 7, 1891 in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Son of Adam William and Mary (Groven) Holmquist.
AB, St. Olaf College, 1914; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1917; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1925.
High school teacher, 1914-1916, 19-20; instructor, St. Olaf College, 1917-1918; professor biology, St. Olaf College, 1920-1923, and from 1926; department chairman, St. Olaf College, 1949-1953. Visiting professor U. New Mexico, 1951-1952, and other summer professorships.
With Medical corpus, United States army, World War I. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Ecological Society of America, American Association of University Professors, American Society Zoologists, Minnesota Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elsie Larimore Klovstad, July 8, 1929. 1 child, Mary Louise.