Background
Welden, Arthur Luna was born on January 27, 1927 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Arthur Luna and Mary Woodson (Smith) Welden.
Welden, Arthur Luna was born on January 27, 1927 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Arthur Luna and Mary Woodson (Smith) Welden.
AB, Birmingham-Southern College, 1950. Master of Science, University Tennessee, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1954.
Assistant professor, Millikin U., Decatur, Illinois, 1954-1955;
instructor in botany, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1955-1959;
assistant professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1959-1963;
associate professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1963-1968;
professor biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1968-1979;
Ida Richardson professor botany, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1979-1993;
department chairman biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1979-1983;
professor emeritus, Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1994. Panel chairman Southern Assembly, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1970-1971. Program director Mesoam.
Ecology Institute, New Orleans, 1982-1987.
Served with United States Army, 1945-1947. Member Mycological Society American (councilor 1967-1969), Swiss Mycological Society, Organisation for Tropical Studies (life), Sigma Xi.
Married Frances Merkl Colvin, August 19, 1950. Children: Charles Woodson, Arthur Frederick.