Background
Rand, Herbert Wilbur was born on July 2, 1872 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Howard and Ella Augusta (Davis) Rand.
Rand, Herbert Wilbur was born on July 2, 1872 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Howard and Ella Augusta (Davis) Rand.
Bachelor of Arts, Allegheny College, 1892, Civil Engineer, 1893. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1897. Master of Arts, 1898; Doctor of Philosophy, 1900.
December 27, 1900 (deceased). Children—Henry Forbes, Dorothy Garrison. Married second, Marion Josephine MacCallum, July 2, 1928.
Draftsman Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, 1892-1894.
Assistant principal Oil City (Pennsylvania) High School, 1894-1896. Instructor zoology, Harvard, 1900-1909, assistant professor, 1909-1919, associate professor 1919-1938, emeritus, since 1938.
An incorporator Bermuda Biological Station, 1926, trustee, 1926-1943, secretary, 1926-1937. Lecturer zoology Wellesley College, 3 periods between 1908-1919.
Harvard exchange professor to Grinnell, Beloit and Colorado colleges, 1928-1929 (2d semester).
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Zoologists (vice president 1934), American Society Naturalists, Philosophical Science Association.
Married Claire Forbes Hammond. Married second, Marion Josephine MacCallum, July 2, 1928. Children: Henry Forbes, Dorothy Garrison.