Background
Simmons, Emory G. was born on April 12, 1920 in Indiana, United States.
Botanist educator microbiologist mycologist
Simmons, Emory G. was born on April 12, 1920 in Indiana, United States.
AB, Wabash College, 1941. AM, DePauw University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University Michigan, 1950.
Doctor of Science in Microbiology (honorary), Kasetsart University, Thailand, 1988.
Instructor bacteriology & botany DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1946-1947. Assistant professor botany Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1950-1953. Mycologist United States Army Natick Laboratories, 1953-1958, head mycology laboratory, 1958-1974.
Principal investor Development Center Cult Collection of Fungi, 1974-1977. Professor botany University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1974-1977, professor microbiology, 1977-1987, retired, 1987. Research associate Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, since 1987.
Chairman advisory committee fungi American Type Cult Collection. United States representative Expert Group on Fungus Taxonomy, Organization Economic Cooperative & Development. Research fellow Secretary Army, Thailand Indonesia, 1968-1969.
Adjunct professor University Rhode Island, 1972-1974. Member executive board United States Federation Cult Collections, 1974-1976, president, 1976-1978. President, chairman board directors Second International Mycology Congress Inc., 1975-1978.
Member advisory committee cult collections United Nations Environmental Program/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/International Cell Research Organization, since 1977.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mycological Society of America (secretary- treasurer 1963-1965, vice president 1966, president 1968, Distinguished Mycologist award 1990), British Mycological Society, International Association Plant Taxonomists.