Background
Grover, Frederick Orville was born on July 31, 1868 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Nahum Wesley and Frances Elizabeth (Osgood) Grover.
Grover, Frederick Orville was born on July 31, 1868 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Nahum Wesley and Frances Elizabeth (Osgood) Grover.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1890, Master of Arts, 1893. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1895, Master of Arts, 1896.
Instructor Saint James Military Academy, Macon, Missouri, 1890-1892, Western Military Academy, Upper Alton, Illinois, 1892-1894. Graduate student in botany, Harvard, 1894-1898, assistant in botany, 1895-1896. Assistant in botany, Radcliffe College, 1895-1897.
Associate professor botany, Oberlin (O.) College, 1898-1900, professor, 1900-1933, emeritus since 1933.
Engaged in botanical research.
Member administrative board Orio Biological Survey since 1913. Trustee Oberlin Kindergarten Training School, 1911-1933. Member Oberlin Park Board, since 1941.
Collaborator United States Department of Agriculture, Division Forage Crops, 1932-1944.
Served at National Red Cross Headquarters, in charge of forwarding Red Cross workers to Europe by Troop Ships, World War I. Fellow, Ohio Academy Sciences (vice president 1912-1913, 1914-1915, 1940-1941.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, North.E. Botanical Society, American Genetic association (life), Society Linneenne de Lyon (life), American Society Plant Taxonomists, American Society Naturalists, Botanists United States, Prehistoric Society (England), Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Ruth Havergal Creighton, September 3, 1925.