Background
Fleet, Dick Scott Van was born on March 23, 1912 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Peter and Stella Susan (Kise) Van Fleet.
Fleet, Dick Scott Van was born on March 23, 1912 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Peter and Stella Susan (Kise) Van Fleet.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana U. 1936. Master of Arts, 1937, Doctor of Philosophy., 1940. Sterling fellow Yale, 1943-1944.
Graduate assistant Indiana U., 1937-1940. Instructor biology Heidelberg College, 1940-1942, assistant professor, 1942-1943. Assistant professor botany U. Missouri, 1944-1947, associate professor 1947-1952, professor, 1952-1957.
Chairman botany department U. Toronto, 1957-1959. Head botany department U. Massachusetts, 1959-1962, U. Georgia, Athens, 1962-1968, professor, 1968-1975.
Member Botanical Society American Phytochemical Society, Histochem.
Married Clara Mootz, September 4, 1939. Children: Peter Scott, Susan Jo.