Background
Folk, George Edgar was born on November 14, 1914 in Natick, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Edgar and Minnie May (Davis) Folk.
Environmental physiology educator
Folk, George Edgar was born on November 14, 1914 in Natick, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Edgar and Minnie May (Davis) Folk.
AB, Harvard University, 1937; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1947.
Instructor, New England Secondary Schools, 1937-1939, 40-42; assistant professor, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1947-1952; professor environmental physiology, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1952.
Member International Hibernation Society, International Society Biometeorology, International Society Zoologists, American Society Mammalogy, American Meteorological Society, American Society Circumpolar Health, American Physiological Society, Explorers Club.