Background
Hunt, Harrison Randall was born on March 7, 1889 in Conneaut, Ohio, United States. Son of Henry Harrison and Agnes Estelle (Howard) Hunt.
Hunt, Harrison Randall was born on March 7, 1889 in Conneaut, Ohio, United States. Son of Henry Harrison and Agnes Estelle (Howard) Hunt.
Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1912. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1913, Doctor of Philosophy, 1916.
Institute zoölogy, West. Virginia University, 1916-1918, assistant professor, 1918-1919, professor biology and head department biological, teacher of embryology, Medical School, University of Mississippi, 1919-1923. Professor zoölogy and head zoölogy department, head zoology section Michigan State University Agriculture Experiment Station, 1923-1954, professor emeritus, 1954. Tooth decay researcher United States Public Health Service.
Chairman finance committee Peoples Church, East Lansing, Michigan, 1925-1930.
Public affairs committee Lansing Council of Churches, 1942-1945. Commission on diffusion of knowledge, Michigan Academy, 1927-1932, commission on public welfare, Michigan Academy, 1932-1948.
Member commission on human heredity, National Research Council, 1935. Centenary Award, Michigan State University, 1955.
Member commission on human heredity, National. Fellow American Association for Advancement of Science (former. Member American Society Naturalists, American Society Zoölogists, Genetics Society American, Central District Dental Society of Michigan (honorary), International Association Dental Research, Human Genetics Society, Michigan Academy Science, Arts, and Letters (chairman zoology section, 1926, vice president 1927, president 1943), Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Kappa Phi (president Michigan State College chapter, 1938, delegate to national convention, 1938-1940, Phi Sigma.
Club: Inter-City Wranglers (president 1939).
Married Jane Myrtle Fisher, August 12, 1916. Children: Howard Francis, Herve Henry, Althea Inez (Mistress Hugh Sheehan), Edward Laurence, Margaret Agnes.