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Lundell, Cyrus Longworth was born on November 5, 1907 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of John Cyrus and Ruth Marie (Karling) Lundell.
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Lundell, Cyrus Longworth was born on November 5, 1907 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of John Cyrus and Ruth Marie (Karling) Lundell.
AB, Southern Methodist University, 1932. Student, Columbia University, 1929. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1934.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1936.
Assistant physiologist Tropical Plant Research Foundation, 1928-1930. Assistant botanical gardens University Michigan, 1932-1935, assistant curator herbarium, 1935-1939, curator, 1939-1943. Research associate Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1933-1941.
Research professor botany Southern Methodist University, 1941-1943. Professor botany, director Institute of Technology and Plant Industry, 1943-1946, professor botany, director university herbarium, 1946-1948. Field technician Rubber Reserve Company, 1943.
Production specialist Foreign Economic Administration, 1943. Executive vice president, director, chief scientist, head Hoblitzelle Agricultural Laboratory, Texas Research Foundation, 1946-1972. Director plant science laboratory University Texas at Dallas, since 1972, professor plant science, 1972-1975, professor botany and environmental science, 1975-1978, professor emeritus, since 1978.
Adjunct professor botany University Texas at Austin, since 1972. Director, botanist University Michigan, Carnegie Institution Washington expeditions to Mexico and C. American, 1933-1938. Member chairman's committee United States Senatorial Business Advisory Board, since 1981.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Texas Academy of Sciences (honorary life). Member American Society Plant Taxonomists, California Botanical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Amelia Anderson, January 15, 1931. Children– Jon Richard, Karen Dianne.