Background
Copeland, Donald Eugene was born on February 6, 1912 in Mendon, Ohio, United States. Son of Arland Murlin and Chloe (Severns) Copeland.
Copeland, Donald Eugene was born on February 6, 1912 in Mendon, Ohio, United States. Son of Arland Murlin and Chloe (Severns) Copeland.
Bachelor of Arts, Rochester U., 1935; Master of Arts, Amherst College, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1941.
Instructor zoology, U. North Carolina, 1941-1942; assistant then associate professor zoology, Brown U., 1946-1951; chief aviation physiologist, Office Surgeon General, United States Air Force, 1951-1953; professional associate, National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1953-1956; executive secretary, National Institutes of Health, 1956-1959; professor zoology, Tulane University, 1959-1977; professor emeritus, Tulane University, since 1977; department chairman, Tulane University, 1959-1965; member, (Marine Biological Laboratory), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, since 1948; independent investigator, (Marine Biological Laboratory), since 1977. Member morphology and genetics study section, physiology study section National Institutes of Health,1952-1953.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member American Association Anatomists, American Society Zoologists, Society Study Development and Growth, American Society Cell Biologists, American Physiological Society.
Married Marjorie Groves, June 20, 1941. Children: Sandra Kay, Jane Hance, Diana Sue.