Background
Gunter, Gordon P. was born on August 18, 1909 in Goldonna, Louisiana, United States. Son of John O. and Joanna (Pennington) Gunter.
Gunter, Gordon P. was born on August 18, 1909 in Goldonna, Louisiana, United States. Son of John O. and Joanna (Pennington) Gunter.
Bachelor, Louisiana State Normal College, 1929. Master of Arts, University Texas, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1945.
Biologist United States Bureau Fisheries, 1931—1938. Marine biologist Texas Game, Fish & Oyster Commission, 1939—1945. Research scientist Institute Marine Science, University Texas, 1945—1949, director, 1949—1955, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 1955—1971, director emeritus, 1971—1998.
Professor zoology Marine Laboratory, University Miami, Florida, 1946—1947. Senior marine biologist Scripps Institution Oceanography, University California, La Jolla, 1948—1949. Professor biology University Southern Mississippi, 1956—1978.
Professor zoology Mississippi State University, 1956—1978. Principal investigator plankton studies Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Program, Gulf Mexico, 1978—1982. Consultant Texas Office Coordinator Fisheries, 1942—1945.
Vice chairman biology, committee treatise on marine ecology National Research Council, 1942—1957. Adjunct professor emeritus biology University Mississippi, 1979—1985. Advisory panel commercial seafoods division Louisiana Commission Wild Life & Fisheries, 1953—1954.
Member board advisors Florida Board Conservation, 1956—1968. Member science advsn. panel Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Member standing committee Gulf Mexico Fishery Management Council.
Founder Founder Gunter Library.
Member standing committee Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. Founder Gunter Library. Library.Fellow Louisiana Academy Sciences, International Oceanographic Foundation, International Academy Fisheries Scientists, American Institute Fisheries Research Biologists, Louisiana Academy Sciences, Explorers.
Member American Fisheries Society (honorary), American Ornithologists Union, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, American Society Mammalogists, American Society Naturalists, American Society Zoologists, Ecological Society American, Mississippi, New Orleans academics science, National Shellfisheries Association (honorary), Wildlife Society, World Mariculture Society (president 1974, honorary), Mississippi Academy Sciences (president 1964-1965), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Founder editor: Gulf Research Reports, 1961-1974.
Married Lottie G. LaCour, June 16, 1092. Children: Charlotte A. Gunter Evans, Miles G., Forrest P. Married Frances M. Hudgins, September 6, 1957.
Children: Edmund Osbon, Harry Allen.