Background
CROSS, George Lynn was born on May 12, 1905 in Woonsocket, S. Dakota. Son of George Washington Cross and Jemima Jane Dawson.
Foundation administrator university president
CROSS, George Lynn was born on May 12, 1905 in Woonsocket, S. Dakota. Son of George Washington Cross and Jemima Jane Dawson.
Bachelor of Science, South Dakota State College, 1926. Master of Science, South Dakota State College, 1927. Doctor of Science, South Dakota State College, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1929. Doctor of Laws, Oberlin College, 1960. Doctor of Laws, Oklahoma Christian College, 1975.
Instructor botany, U. South Dakot, 1930-1934; professor botany, U. Oklahoma, 1934-1938; head department botany, U. Oklahoma, 1938-1942; acting dean, Graduate College, 1942-1944; acting director, Research Institute, 1942-1944; president university, Research Institute, 1944-1968; emeritus, Research Institute, since 1968; president, Oklahoma Health Sciences Foundation, since 1968. Chairman Federal Home Loan Bank, Topeka, 1960-1968.
Public panel member 8th District War Labor Board, 1942. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Federal Home Loan Bank Board (member federal savings and loan advisory council 1959), National Association State Universities (president 1959-1960), American Association of University Professors, Torrey Botanical Club, Botanical Society of America, National Education Association, Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, National Geography Society, American Society Naturalists, Oklahoma History Society, Norman Chamber of Commerce, Newcomen Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Sigma, Alpha Phi Omega.
Married Cleo Sikkink, October 28, 1926. Children: Mary-Lynn, George W., Braden Riehl.