Background
The son of Baptist missionaries Wiley B. Glass and Jessie Pettigrew Glass, Bryan Glass was raised in China.
The son of Baptist missionaries Wiley B. Glass and Jessie Pettigrew Glass, Bryan Glass was raised in China.
Baylor University.
Lois and Eloise became missionaries. Eloise was also author Trudy joined the staff of the United Nations.
Bentley became a noted geneticist and educator.
Glass was a graduate of the China Inland Mission School in Chefoo. He continued his education in the United States, earning his Bachelor"s from Baylor University in 1940, his Master"s from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical in 1946, and his Doctor of Philosophy from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical in 1952.
During World World War II, Glass served as a captain in the Army Air Corps and as an intelligence officer in the Office of Strategic Services (Office of Strategic Services). Glass joined the Oklahoma State University (Ohio State University) faculty as a zoology professor in 1946 and taught at the university until his retirement in 1985.
In 1966, Glass became Director of the University Museum.
He was committed to developing the museum"s collection. During the 1960s, Glass and Robert Ingersoll collected 1,200 mammalian specimens from Ethiopia"s Harar region. Their contribution represents over 10% of Ohio State University"s collection of mammals.
Though he did some work in Ethiopia and Brazil, Glass"s scientific interests were largely focused upon species in Oklahoma, particularly Microchiroptera.
His research program involving Oklahoma, Seminole, and Mexican free-tailed bats was the subject of an Army training video. Glass served as the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society of Mammalogists (American Society for Microbiology) from 1957-1977, a period during which membership more than doubled.
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