Background
Mclaren, Arthur Douglas was born on September 27, 1917 in Ipava, Illinois, United States. Son of Homer D. and Matilda (Rose) Mclaren.
Mclaren, Arthur Douglas was born on September 27, 1917 in Ipava, Illinois, United States. Son of Homer D. and Matilda (Rose) Mclaren.
Bachelor of Arts, Park College, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, 1943.
1 son, Gordon Douglas. Married second, Helen Rodina, September 21, 1965. Research chemist E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Buffalo, 1943.
Assistant professor Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1946. Professor soil biochemistry University of California at Berkeley, 1951-1979, professor biology, department chairman, 1969-1974. Visiting professor of University Sydney, 1959, University Texas, Dallas, 1966, Tuskegee Institute, 1968.
Member commission on photo-biology National Research Council, 1960-1968. Trustee Starr King School for Ministry. Rockefeller Foundation fellow, Scandinavia, 1949-1950, Fulbright fellow, Australia, 1959, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow, England, 1966.
Swedish National Research Council grantee, Uppsala, 1967.
Member commission on photo-biology National Research Council, 1960-1968. Trustee Starr King School for Ministry. Rockefeller Foundation fellow, Scandinavia, 1949-1950, Fulbright fellow, Australia, 1959, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow, England, 1966.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Biological Chemists, American Biophysics Society, Arms and Armour Society (England), American Society Photobiology, Soil Science Society American.
Married Alice Gray Jones, February 3, 1940.; married second, Helen Rodina, September 21, 1965.