Background
Whitt, Gregory Sidney was born on June 13, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Sidney Abram and Millicent (Ward) Whitt.
evolution educator Molecular phylogenetics
Whitt, Gregory Sidney was born on June 13, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Sidney Abram and Millicent (Ward) Whitt.
Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, 1962; Master of Science, Colorado State University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1970.
Assistant professor zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1969-1972; associate professor genetics and development, University of Illinois, 1972-1977; professor, University of Illinois, 1977-1987; professor ecology, ethology and evolution, University of Illinois, since 1987. Affiliate Illinois Natural History Survey, since 1981. Member National Institutes of Health study section, 1975-1976.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Genetics Association, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society for Protection of Old Fishes, International Society Molecular Evolution, Society Systematic Biologists.
Married Dixie Lee Dailey, August 25, 1963.