Background
Kessel, Edward Luther was born on April 27, 1904 in Osborne, Kansas, United States. Son of George Grant and Hattie Lavon (Flenniken) Kessel.
Kessel, Edward Luther was born on April 27, 1904 in Osborne, Kansas, United States. Son of George Grant and Hattie Lavon (Flenniken) Kessel.
Student, Greenville College, Illinois, 1924. Student, Church Division School Pacific, 1925. Bachelor of Science, University California, Berkeley, 1925.
Master of Science, University California, Berkeley, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1936.
Instructor zoology, entomology Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1928—1930. Assistant professor to chairman department biology University San Francisco, 1930—1975, emeritus professor biology, since 1975. Editor Wasmann Journal Biology, 1940—1975.
Member executive board Marin County Branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Member Northern California chapter Presbyterian Interracial Council, Urban League. Member, committee racial and cultural relations Northern California Nevada Council Churches, 1961—1964.
Chairman Christian Citizenship and Social Action Committee Marin County Council Churches, 1962—1965, Protestant Interracial Fellowship, 1962—1965. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, California Academy of Sciences (associate curator, insects, emeritus curator since 1975, technical publications, papers, proceedings and memoirs 1940-1975). Member: Women's Evangelical Caucus, American Science Affiliation, Nature Conservancy, Biosystematics Wilderness Society, Society Systematic Zoology (section councilor 1955), Pacific Coast Entomological Society (president 1940-1941), Phi Sigma, Beta Beta Beta, Alpha Sigma Nu, Sigma Xi.
Married Marguerite Berta Baldwin, April 19, 1935. Children: Margaret Mary Kessel Hunter, Leonard Joseph.