Alfred Clarence Redfield

Background

Redfield, Alfred Clarence was born on November 15, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Stuart and Mary Thibault (Guillou) Redfield.

Education

Student, Haverford College, 1910. Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1913. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1917.

Postgraduate, Cambridge University, England, 1920. Postgraduate, University Munich, Germany, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Oslo, 1956.

Doctor of Science (honorary), Lehigh University, 1965. Doctor of Science (honorary), Memorial University Newfoundland, 1967. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Alaska, 1971.

Career

Instructor physiology, Harvard University, 1918-1919; assistant professor physiology, Harvard University, 1921-1930; associate professor, Harvard University, 1930-1931; professor, Harvard University, 1931-1956; professor emeritus, Harvard University, from 1956. Managing editor Biological Bulletin, 1930-1941. Associate director Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1942-1956, senior oceanographer, emeritus, from 1956.

Assistant professor physiology U. Toronto, 1919-1920.

Achievements

• Alfred Clarence Redfield has been listed as a noteworthy Oceanographer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Academy of Sciences, Marine Biological Association United Kingdom, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physiological Society, American Society Zoologists, Ecological Society of America, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Martha Putnam, June 7, 1921. Children: Elizabeth Redfield Marsh, Martha Washburn Koch, Alfred Guillou.

Father:

Robert Stuart Redfield

Mother:

Mary Thibault (Guillou) Redfield

Spouse:

Martha Putnam

child:

Martha Washburn Koch Redfield

child:

Elizabeth Redfield Marsh Redfield

child:

Alfred Guillou Redfield