Harry Waldo Norris

Background

Norris, Harry Waldo was born on September 11, 1862 in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Moses Leavitt and Lydia Ann (Joy) Norris.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Iowa (now Grinnell) College, 1886, Master of Arts, 1889, Doctor of Science, 1924. Cornell Univercity, 1888-1890. University of Nebraska, 1890-1891.

University of Freiburg, 1901-1902.

Career

Institute natural history, Grinnell College, 1888, professor biology, 1891-1903, professor zoölogy, 1903-1931, research professor zoölogy, 1931-1941, emeritus professor zoölogy since 1941. Exchange lecturer, Harvard University, 1913-1914. Congregationalist.

Achievements

• Harry Waldo Norris has been listed as a noteworthy zoölogist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Iowa Academy Science. Member American Micros. Society, American Society Naturalists, American Association Anatomists.

Connections

Married Harriet Victoria Ruliffson, June 14, 1893. Children: Waldo Willard, Genevieve Eugenia, Selden Harmon.

Father:

Moses Leavitt Norris

Mother:

Lydia Ann (Joy) Norris

Spouse:

Harriet Victoria Ruliffson

child:

Genevieve Eugenia Norris

child:

Waldo Willard Norris

child:

Selden Harmon Norris