Background
Oliver, Clarence Paul was born on November 8, 1898 in Obion County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Benjamin Wesley and Mary Eunellie (Massey) Oliver.
Oliver, Clarence Paul was born on November 8, 1898 in Obion County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Benjamin Wesley and Mary Eunellie (Massey) Oliver.
Born in Dexter, Missouri, he attended college at University of Texas receiving a Bachelor in 1925. He continued his studies at University of Texas completing a Doctor of Philosophy in the laboratory of Hermann Joseph Muller in 1931.
Assistant professor zoology, Washington University, St. Louis, 1930-1932; from assistant professor to professor zoology, University of Minnesota, 1932-1946; director Dight Institute Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1941-1946; professor zoology, University Texas, Austin, from 1946; Ashbel Smith professor zoology, University Texas, from 1963; department chairman zoology, University Texas, 1947-1959.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Cancer Research, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Human Genetics (president 1953), Genetics Society of America (president 1958), American Genetics Association, American Society Zoologists, American Society Naturalists.
Married Cecile Worley, July 29, 1931. Children: Peter Lee, George Benjamin.