Background
Conard, Henry Shoemaker was born on September 12, 1874 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Pennington and Rebecca Savery (Baldwin) Conard.
Conard, Henry Shoemaker was born on September 12, 1874 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Pennington and Rebecca Savery (Baldwin) Conard.
Bachelor of Science, Haverford, College, Pennsylvania, 1894, Master of Arts, 1895. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1901. Johnston scholar, Johns Hopkins, 1905-1906.
Doctor of Science, Grinnell, 1944, Haverford, 1945.
From 1906 to 1955, Professor Conard worked at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. In 1969, Grinnell acquired a 365-acre (148 km2) plot of cropland and established the Conard Environmental Research Area, in recognition of the legacy of the longtime professor He entered Westtown Friends" Boarding School in Westtown, Pennsylvania in 1889 and graduated as valedictorian in 1892.
He then enrolled at Haverford College, where he earned a Bachelor of Surgery in 1895 and an Master of Arts in 1895.
While at Haverford, he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. After a short time teaching science in Westtown, he entered the University of Pennsylvania as a Harrison Fellow in Biology in 1899, completing his Doctor of Philosophy in 1901 and joining Sigma Xi.
After receiving his doctorate, Conard taught botany at the university from 1901 to 1905. From 1905 to 1906, he was a Johnston Scholar at Johns Hopkins University.
In 1906, Conard left Johns Hopkins to take a professorship in botany at Grinnell College.
During his tenure at Grinnell, Professor Conard served as chair of the department of botany and, starting in 1935, as Chairman of the Faculty. He received emeritus faculty status in 1944. After his retirement, Professor Conard continued to be academically active, notably curating the bryophyte collections at the University of Iowa and running the Moss Clinic at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Iowa Academy Science. Member Botanical Society America, Sullivant Moss Society, American Mycological Society, Ecological Society of America, American Association University professors, Phi Beta Kappa (Haverford). Member Society of Friends (orthodox).
Married (East) Laetitia Moon, April. Children: Elizabeth M., Rebecca South., Alfred F. Teacher of science, Westtown School.