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Bodenstein, Dietrich H. F. A. was born on February 1, 1908 in Corwingen, East Prussia, Germany. Son of Hans and Charlotte (Lilienthal) Bodenstein.
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Dietrich H. F. A. Bodenstein
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Dietrich H. F. A. Bodenstein, German biologist, educator. Recipient Senior United States Scientist award Alex von Humboldt Foundation, 1977. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Zoologists, American Society Naturalists, National Academy Science, Society Biology Brazil (honorary), Sigma Xi.
Education
Student of University Könlgsberg, (Germany), 1926-1928, U. Berlin, 1928-1933. Doctor of Philosophy, University Freiburg (Germany), 1953.
Career
1 daughter by previous marriage, Evelina (Mistress William C. Suhler). Came to the United States, 1934, naturalized, 1940. Research assistant Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Biology, Berlin, 1928-1933.
Research associate German-Italian Institute Marine Biology, Rovigno d’Istria, Italy, 1933-1934, Stanford School Biology, 1934-1941.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow department zoology Columbia, 1941-1943. Assistant entomologist Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, 1944.
Insect physiologist, medical division Army Chemical Center, Maryland., 1945-1957. Embryologist gerontology branch National Heart Institute, Baltimore City Hospitals, 1958-1960.
Lewis and Clark professor biology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1960-1978, professor emeritus, 1978-1984, department chairman, 1960-1973.
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Membership
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Zoologists, American Society Naturalists, National Academy Science, Society Biology Brazil (honorary), Sigma Xi.
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Married Jean Coon, July 22, 1947.
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Buried Corwingen, Charlottesville. -
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