Background
Hermans, Colin Olmsted was born on May 4, 1936 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Thomas Gerald and Eslie Vida (Olmsted) Hermans.
Hermans, Colin Olmsted was born on May 4, 1936 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Thomas Gerald and Eslie Vida (Olmsted) Hermans.
Bachelor, Pomona College, 1958. Master of Arts, University Washington, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1966.
Research associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1969; director electron microscope laboratory, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, since 1969; professor biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, since 1977. Visiting research professor University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1982, U. Osnabrück, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985, Arizona State University, 1988-1989.
Member Save San Francisco Bay Association Served to captain United States Army Reserve, 1958-1968. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, California Academy of Sciences. Member American Civil Liberties Union, American Society Zoologists, Microscopy Society of America, International Association Meiobenthologists, Northern California Society for Electron Microscopy (executive committee member 1979-1983), Western Society Naturalists (treasurer 1980-1981), Hog Island Yacht Club, Northwestern Pacific Track Club (vice president since 1975), Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Pendleton Hayden, June 16, 1958. Children: Karen, Thomas, Helen.