Francis Theodore Haxo

Background

Haxo, Francis Theodore was born on March 9, 1921 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Son of Henry Emile and Florence (Shull) Haxo.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University North Dakota, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1947.

Career

Teaching, research assistant, Stanford University, 1941-1944; acting instructor, Stanford University, 1943; research assistant, California Institute Technology, 1946; research associate, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California, 1946-1947; from instructor to assistant professor plant physiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1947-1952; member of faculty, University of California Scripps Institute Oceanography, La Jolla, 1952-1988; professor biology, University of California Scripps Institute Oceanography, 1963-1988; professor emeritus, since 1988; chairman marine biology department, University of California Scripps Institute Oceanography, 1960-1965; chairman marine biology research division, University of California Scripps Institute Oceanography, 1960-1977; instructor marine botany, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1949-1952, 70. Visiting faculty botany University of California at Berkeley, 1957, U. Washington Marine Laboratory, Friday Harbor, 1963.

Achievements

• Francis Theodore Haxo has been listed as a noteworthy Marine biologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego Zoological Society. Member American Society Photobiology, Phycological Society American, Western Society Naturalists, International Phycological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Judith Morgan McLaughlin, April 15, 1961. Children: John Frederick, Barbara, Philip, Francis Theodore, Aileen.

Father:

Henry Emile Haxo

Mother:

Florence (Shull) Haxo

Spouse:

Judith Morgan McLaughlin

child:

Barbara Haxo

child:

John Frederick Haxo

child:

Francis Theodore Haxo

child:

Philip Haxo

child:

Aileen Haxo