David Jordan McLaughlin

Background

McLaughlin, David Jordan was born on October 19, 1940 in Providence. Son of Walter Joseph and Abby Christina (Kilmartin) McLaughlin.

Education

AB, Brown U., 1962; postgraduate, McGill University, Montreal, 1962-1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1968.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, U. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1968-1969; assistant professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1969-1973; associate professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1973-1980; professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1980; curator of fungi Herbarium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1989. Visiting associate professor of University Colorado, Boulder, 1975-1976. Visiting scientist U. Bristol, England, 1983-1984.

Achievements

• David Jordan McLaughlin has been listed as a noteworthy Botanist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Linnean Society London' member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mycological Society American (editorial board 1982-1990, editor in chief Mycologia 1990-1995).

Connections

Married Esther Tuckerman Gaw, February 1, 1964. Children: Abigail Gaw, Elise Manning.

Father:

Walter Joseph McLaughlin

Mother:

Abby Christina (Kilmartin) McLaughlin

Spouse:

Esther Tuckerman Gaw

child:

Elise Manning McLaughlin

child:

Abigail Gaw McLaughlin