Background
Russell-Hunter, Gus WIlliam DEvigne was born on May 3, 1926 in Rutherglen, Scotland. Came to the United States, 1963, naturalized, 1968. Son of Robert R. and Gwladys (Dew) R-H.
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Russell-Hunter, Gus WIlliam DEvigne was born on May 3, 1926 in Rutherglen, Scotland. Came to the United States, 1963, naturalized, 1968. Son of Robert R. and Gwladys (Dew) R-H.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Glasgow, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Glasgow, 1953. Doctor of Science, University Glasgow, 1961.
Science officer, Bisra, British Admiralty, Millport., Scotland, 1946-1948; assistant lectr, U. Glasgow, Scotland, 1948-1951; university lecturer in zoology, U. Glasgow, Scotland, 1951-1963; examiner in biology, Pharmaceutical Society Great Britain, Edinburgh, 1957-1963; department chairman invertebrate zoology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1964-1968; trustee, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1967-1975, 77-87; trustee emeritus, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, since 1989; professor zoology, Syracuse (New York) U., 1963-1990; emeritus professor, Syracuse (New York) U., since 1990; continuing research fellow in biology, Syracuse (New York) U., since 1990. Consultant editor McGraw-Hill Encys., since 1977. Board directors Upstate Freshwater Institute, Syracuse, since 1981.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Linnean Society London, Royal Society Edinburgh, Institute Biology United Kingdom. Member American Association of University Professors, Ecological Society of America, Society International Limnology, American Malacological Union, Malacological Society London, Society Systems Biological.
Married Myra Porter Chapman, March 22, 1951 (deceased 1989). 1 child, Peregrine D.