Background
Turner, Clarence Lester was born on May 19, 1890 in Beaver Ohio. Son of Marion Bartlett and Ida May (Benner) Turner.
Turner, Clarence Lester was born on May 19, 1890 in Beaver Ohio. Son of Marion Bartlett and Ida May (Benner) Turner.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, 1912, Master of Arts, 1914. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1918.
Instructor in zoölogy, University of Kansas, 1914-1915. Instructor and assistant professor zoölogy, Marquette U. School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1915-1917. Served in the United States Navy, 1918.
Professor zoölogy, Wooster College, Ohio, 1918-1920, Beloit College, Wisconsin, 1920-1927.
Associate professor zoölogy, Northwestern University, 1927-1930, professor zoölogy from 1930, chairman of department, 1936-1940. Investigator for Ohio State Division of Fish and Game, 1918-1921.
Biologist Wisconsin State Board of Health, 1924-1926.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Zoölogists, American Association Anatomists, American Society Naturalists, O., Chicago Academies Science (member of the Board of Governors), Sigma Xi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Kappa Kappa. Clubs: University (Evanston).
Married Irene Kissner, September 3, 1919. Children: Dorothy Jean, James Edmiston.