Background
Pfister, Donald Henry was born on February 17, 1945 in Kenton, Ohio, United States. Son of William A. and Dorothy C. Pfister.
Pfister, Donald Henry was born on February 17, 1945 in Kenton, Ohio, United States. Son of William A. and Dorothy C. Pfister.
AB, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1971; AM (honorary), Harvard University, 1980.
Assistant professor biology, U. P.R., Mayaguez, 1971-1974;
assistant professor biology, assistant curator Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1977;
associate professor biology, associate curator Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1980;
professor biology, curator Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1980;
director university herbaria, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1995. Visiting mycologist U. Copenhagen, 1978. Visiting professor field station University of Minnesota, Itasca, 1979.
Master Kirkland House Harvard University, since 1982.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Linnean Society London. Member Mycological Society of America (secretary 1988-1991, vice president 1993-1994, president-elect 1994-1995, president 1995-1996), American Phytopath. Society, American Microbiol.
Society, New England Botanical Club, Sigma Xi.
Married Cathleen C. Kennedy, July 1, 1971. Children: Meghan, Brigid, Edith.