Background
Banks, Edwin Melvin was born on March 21, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David Louis and Eleanor (Johnson) Banks.
Banks, Edwin Melvin was born on March 21, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David Louis and Eleanor (Johnson) Banks.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1948. Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1949. Master of Science, University Chicago, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Florida, 1955.
Assistant professor biology, University of Illinois, 1955-1960; associate professor, University of Illinois, 1960-1963; professor ethology, head Department, University Illinois, from 1965; associate professor zoology, U. Toronto, 1963-1965.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Animal Behavior Society (president 1972). Member American Society Zoologists, American Society Mammalogists, Ecological Society of America, International Ethological Society, Society Study of Aggression, Rotary, Sigma Xi.
Married Hilda Markoff, June 20, 1950. Children: Daniel, Ronald, Ellen.