Background
Orcutt, Frederic Scott was born on November 27, 1907 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Robert William and Florence (Waters) Orcutt.
Orcutt, Frederic Scott was born on November 27, 1907 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Robert William and Florence (Waters) Orcutt.
Student Antioch College, 1926-1927. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1931, Master of Science in Biochemistry, 1933, Doctor of Philosophy in Bacteriology and Biochemistry, 1935.
Research associate, Squibb fellow anesthesia and pharmacology University of Wisconsin, 1935-1936. Faculty biology Virginia Polytech. Institute, 1936-1979, professor, 1945-1979, head department, from 1959.
Visiting professor bacteriology U. Hawaii, 1953-1954, University of Virginia Biology Station, 1951, 55.
Participant Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1950-1955, consultant, 1949-1950. Visiting professor American Physiological Society Institute College Teachers, summer 1957.
Member American Society Microbiology (co-organizer Virginia branch 1942, president 1946-1949, national councilor 1949-1952), American Academy Microbiology (charter), American Institute Biological Sciences (governing board 1958-1979), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Virginia Academy Science, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma (national executive secretary-treasurer from 1952), Phi Lambda Upsilon, Gamma Alpha, Alpha Kappa Lambda. Mason (K. T.).; Clubs: Shenandoah (Roanoke, Virginia).
Married Katharine Luvinia Krauskopf, September 28, 1935. Children: Barbara Sue (Mistress William T. Keeton), Frederic Scott.