Background
Moore, Dwight Munson was born on December 10, 1891 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Newton Hoffman and Mary Adela (Munson) Moore.
Moore, Dwight Munson was born on December 10, 1891 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Newton Hoffman and Mary Adela (Munson) Moore.
Bachelor of Science, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 1914. Master of Science, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1924.
Student, University Montpellier, France, 1919.
Principal, Monroeville (Ohio) High School, 1914-1917;
instructor chemistry, Zanesville (Ohio) High School, 1917, 19-20;
instructor biology, Denison U., 1920-1923;
instructor botany, Ohio State University, 1923-1924;
assistant professor botany, U. Arkansas, 1924-1926;
professor, head Department, University Arkansas, 1926-1950;
professor botany, curator herbarium, U. Arkansas, 1950-1957;
emeritus professor botany and bacteriology, U. Arkansas, from 1957;
associate professor forestry, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1957-1959;
professor forestry, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1959-1961;
professor biology, head department, Arkansas Polytechnic College, from 1961. Professor plant ecology Ohio Conservation Laboratory, summers 1940-1942. Regionalsupr. Milkweed Floss division War Hemp Industries, 1944.
Smith-Mundt appointee as professor botany U. Saigon, Viet Nam, 1958-1959.
Sergeant United States Army, 1917-1919. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Botanical Society American, American Horticultural Society, Plant Taxonomists, American Fern Society, Arkansas Academy Science (president 1963-1964.
Editor proceedings 1941-1951), Sigma Xi, Lambda Chi Alpha.
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Married Elizabeth Alice French, September 5, 1922. 1 child, Dwight French.