Background
Reinke, Edwin Eustace was born on June 27, 1887 in of America parents, Jamaica, West Indies. Son of Review Jonathan (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Virginia (Caffrey) R.
Reinke, Edwin Eustace was born on June 27, 1887 in of America parents, Jamaica, West Indies. Son of Review Jonathan (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Virginia (Caffrey) R.
Moravian Preparatory School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bachelor of Arts, Lehigh University, 1908, Master of Arts, 1909. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1913.
Graduate assistant Lehigh University, 1908-1909. Fellow in biology, Princeton, 1909-1913, Procter fellow, 1913-1914. Instructor in biology, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, 1914-1915.
Research associate Department Marine Biology of Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1912-1915.
With Vanderbilt University since 1915, successively assistant professor biology until 1917, associate professor, 1917-1922. professor since 1922, secretary of faculty, College of Arts and Science, 1929-1941, chairman division natural sciences and mathematics since 1941. Director Highlands Museum and Biological Laboratory, Incorporated., 1929-1935 (resigned).
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Zoölogists, Association of Southeastern Biologists (president 1938-1939), American Association Anatomists, Alabama Academy Science (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Emily Feuring, August 14, 1915. Children: Mary Louise, Dorothy Virginia, Caroline Emily.