Background
Grosch, Daniel S. was born on October 25, 1918 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of E. Samuel andLaura F. (Hoodmaker) G.
Grosch, Daniel S. was born on October 25, 1918 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of E. Samuel andLaura F. (Hoodmaker) G.
Bachelor of Science, Moravian College, 1939. Master of Science, Lehigh University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology-Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, 1944.
Instructor zoology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1941-1944. Assistant professor zoology North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1946-1951, associate professor genetics, 1951-1957, professor, 1957-1985, emeritus, since 1985. Investigator Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, since 1947.
Company-investigator United States Biosatellite Program.
Lecturer tobiology clubs various institutions, since 1960.
Served with United States Army, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Naturalists, Entomological Society American, Genetics Society American, Radiation Research Society.
Married Edith Taft, March 27, 1944. Children: Laura, Barbara T., Douglas T., Robert L., Gustav.