Background
Schaeffer, Asa Arthur was born on May 9, 1883 in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Peter P. and Lucinda (Engler) Schaeffer.
Schaeffer, Asa Arthur was born on May 9, 1883 in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Peter P. and Lucinda (Engler) Schaeffer.
Polytechnic Institute, Gilbert, Pennsylvania. Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1904. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1909.
Professor zoölogy, University of Tennessee, 1909-1923, Clark University, 1923-1924, University of Kansas, since 1924. On instructional staff Biological Laboratory of Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, summers 1912-1918, on staff of investigators, since 1925. Investigator, department marine biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Zoölogists, American Association University professors, Institut de Sociologie Solvay (Brussels), American Genetic Association, Pennsylvania German Society, Phi Sigma, American Naturalists.
Married Mary Elizabeth Kresge, of Gilbert, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1908. Children: Olive Kresge, Mary Elizabeth, Asa Arthur.