Education
AB, Wabash College, 1941; AM, DePauw University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University of Michigan, 1950; Doctor of Science in Microbiology (honorary), Kasetsart U., Thailand, 1988.
AB, Wabash College, 1941; AM, DePauw University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University of Michigan, 1950; Doctor of Science in Microbiology (honorary), Kasetsart U., Thailand, 1988.
Instructor bacteriology & botany, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1946-1947;
assistant professor botany, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1950-1953;
mycologist, United States Army Natick laboratories, 1953-1958;
head mycology laboratory, United States Army Natick laboratories, 1958-1974;
principal investor, Development Center Cult Collection of Fungi, 1974-1977;
professor botany, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1974-1977;
professor microbiology, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1977-1987;
retired, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1987;
research associate, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, since 1987. Chairman advising committee fungi American Type Cult Collection. United States representative Expert Group on Fungus Taxonomy, Organisation Economics Cooperative & Development.
Research fellow Secretary Army, Thailand Indonesia, 1968-1969. Adjunct Professor U. Rhode Island, 1972-1974. Member Executive Board United States Federation Cult Collections, 1974-1976, president, 1976-1978.
President, Chairman, Board Of Directors Second International Mycology Congress Inc., 1975-1978. Member of advisory committee cult collections United Nations Environmental Program/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/International Cell Research Organisation, since 1977.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mycological Society American (secretary- treasurer 1963-1965, vice president 1966, president 1968, Distinguished Mycologist award 1990), British Mycological Society, International Association Plant Taxonomists.