Eugene Cleveland Bovee

Background

Bovee, Eugene Cleveland was born on April 1, 1915 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Earl Eugene and Martha Nora (Johnson) Bovee.

Education

Bachelor, University Northern Iowa, 1939. Master of Science, University Iowa, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950.

Career

Instructor zoology Iowa University, 1940-1941. Biology teacher Greene (Iowa) High School, Iowa, 1941-1942. Instructor biology University Northern Iowa, 1946-1948.

Journalist Iowa Recorder, Greene, 1945—1946. Instructor zoology University of California at Los Angeles, 1948-1950, research zoologist, 1962-1968. Assistant professor biology California Polytechnic University, 1950-1952.

Associate professor zoology, department chairman North Dakota State University, 1952-1953. Assistant professor biology University Houston, 1953-1955. Associate professor University Florida, 1955-1962.

Professor physiology and cell biology University Kansas, Lawrence, 1968-1985, professor emeritus, from 1985. Co-owner arts and crafts business, 1985-1996. Consultant American Type Culture Collection, 1980-1982, water closet Brown, Public, 1978-1982.

Achievements

• Eugene Cleveland Bovee has been listed as a noteworthy protozoologist, emeritus educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • A cinquain zoo

Membership

1st lieutenant Management Information System, United States Army, World War World War II. Fellow Iowa Academy of Sciences. Member Society Protozoologists (honorary, president 1979-1980, vice president 1970-1971, treasurer 1972-1978, executive committee 1970-1981), American Microscop Society (member-at-large executive committee 1959-1962), Western Society Naturalists, Kansas Academy of Sciences (life member, president 1979-1980, executive committee 1975-1981), Academy American Poets, Poetry Society of America, Kansas State Poetry Society, Kansas Authors Club (Writing Achievement award 1996), National Woodcarvers Association, United Amateur Press Association American, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Maezene B. Wamsley, May 18, 1942 (divorced 1967). Married Elizabeth A. Moss, May 9, 1968. Children– Frances, Gregory, Matthew.

Stepchildren– Lynne, Lisa.

Father:

Earl Eugene Bovee

Mother:

Martha Nora (Johnson) Bovee

Spouse:

Elizabeth A. Moss

Spouse:

Maezene B. Wamsley

child:

Matthew Bovee

child:

Gregory Bovee

child:

Lisa Bovee

child:

Lynne Bovee

child:

Frances Bovee