Background
Swanson, Carroll Arthur was born on September 6, 1915 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of Frank Arthur and Fidelia (Holmen) Swanson.
Swanson, Carroll Arthur was born on September 6, 1915 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of Frank Arthur and Fidelia (Holmen) Swanson.
AB, Augustana College, 1937. Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1942.
Member faculty Ohio State University, from 1940, professor botany, from 1956, chairman department, 1967-1968, chairman faculty organismic and developmental biology, 1968-1969, associate dean College Biological Sciences, 1969-1970. Research associate Manhattan Project, 1943-1946, Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1952, Argonne National Laboratory, 1954. Program director special projects in science education National Science Foundation, 1959-1960, member national panel regulatory biology, 1964-1966.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Plant Physiologists (executive committee from 1973), Scandinavian, Canada societies plant physiologists, Botanical Society of America, Ohio Academy of Sciences (joint administrative board from 1967), Sigma Xi.
Married Betty Marker, June 15, 1941. Children: Richard Marker, Nancy Joan.