Background
Nanney, David Ledbetter was born on October 10, 1925 in Abingdon, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Grady and Pearl (Ledbetter) Nanney.
Nanney, David Ledbetter was born on October 10, 1925 in Abingdon, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Grady and Pearl (Ledbetter) Nanney.
AB, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1951. Laurea honoris causa, University Pisa, Italy, 1994.
Assistant professor zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1951-1956; associate professor, University of Michigan, 1956-1958; professor zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1959-1976; professor genetics and development, University of Illinois, 1976-1986; professor ecology, ethology and evolution, University of Illinois, 1987-1991; professor emeritus, University of Illinois, since 1991. Senior postdoctoral fellow California Institute Technology, 1958-1959. Predoctoral fellow National Institutes of Health, Indiana U., 1949-1951.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member: Society Protozoologists, American Genetic Association (president 1982), Genetics Society of America.
Married Jean Kelley, June 15, 1951. Children: Douglas Paul, Ruth Elizabeth Beshears.