Elmer Grimshaw Butler

Background

Butler, Elmer Grimshaw was born on February 13, 1900 in Parish, New York, United States. Son of Frank Alexander and Elizabeth Jane (Grimshaw) Butler.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Syracuse University, 1921. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1925, Doctor of Philosophy, 1926. Honorary Doctor of Science, Syracuse University, 1941.

Career

Instructor zoology, University of Vermont, 1921-1923. Fellow in biology, Princeton University, 1923-1926, instructor biology, 1926-1928, assistant professor, 1928-1931, associate professor, 1931-1937, Class of 1877 professor of zoology, Princeton University, 1937-1960, Henry Fairfield Osborn professor biology, from 1960, department chairman biology, 1933-1948. Associate editor, Journal of Morphology, 1941-1943.

Managing editor, 1946-1954.

Achievements

• Elmer Grimshaw Butler has been listed as a noteworthy biologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member editorial board Journal of Experimental Zoology, American Zoologist, also Biological Bulletin, 1955-1958. Member visiting committee for the biological sciences Johns Hopkins. Trustee Associate Universities, Incorporated.

(Brookhaven National Laboratory).

Chairman American Institute Biological Sciences, 1949-1950. Fellow International Institute Embryology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Science.

Member American Society Zoologists (president 1956-1957). Club: Nassau (Princeton).

Connections

Married Eleanor Brill, June 30, 1927.

Father:

Frank Alexander Butler

Mother:

Elizabeth Jane (Grimshaw) Butler

Spouse:

Eleanor Brill