Alfred Martin Lucas

Background

Lucas, Alfred Martin was born on October 16, 1900 in New Albany, Indiana, United States.

Education

Student, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1921—1923. Bachelor, Wabash College, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, 1929.

Career

Instructor department zoology Washington University, St. Louis, 1924—1925, School Dentistry, 1925—1930. Assistant professor anatomy department School Medicine, 1930—1933. Assistant professor zoology University Iowa, Iowa City, 1933—1934.

Associate professor zoology Iowa State College, Ames, 1934—1944. Cytopathologist Regional Poultry Research Laboratory United States Department Agriculture, East Lansing, Michigan, 1944—1956, investigation leader, 1950—1954. Research zoologist & project leader Avian Anatomy Investigations Cooperative Michigan State University, 1956—1970, research professor, animal science, 1979—1981, research professor emeritus, since 1982.

Chairman International Committee Avian Anatomical Nomenclature, 1971—1973. With United States Marine Corps, 1918-1919.

Achievements

• Alfred Martin Lucas has been listed as a noteworthy research zoologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: Poultry Science Association, Linnean Society London (life). Member: American Association Veterinary Anatomists, Michigan Allied Poultry Inds. (honorary), American Association Avian Pathologists (honorary), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Miriam Jackson Scott, June 14, 1928 (deceased). Children: Carol Scott, Donald Hallowell.

Spouse:

Miriam Jackson Scott

child:

Carol Scott Lucas

child:

Donald Hallowell Lucas