Background
Chestnut, Alfred Page was born on September 24, 1946 in Port Norris, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alphonse F. and Janet Wood Chestnut.
Chestnut, Alfred Page was born on September 24, 1946 in Port Norris, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alphonse F. and Janet Wood Chestnut.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1968. Master of Science in Biology, University Richmond, Virginia, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 1980.
Professor and chairman Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi, since 1980. Board member Sigma Xi, Jackson, 1988—1990. President, officer Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Jackson, 1992—1996.
President Mississippi Association Biologists, Jackson, Mississippi, 1994—1995.
Elder First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, since 1990. Board member Voice of Calvary Ministries, 1996—2002. Member of Mississippi Academy of Sciences (president and board member 1993-1996, Dudley Peeler award 2005), Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth McCord Chestnut, May 23, 1981. Children: Elizabeth Page Callen, Mary Hamilton, Ann Claridge.