Background
Spieth, Herman Theodore was born on August 21, 1905 in Charlestown, Indiana, United States. Son of Henry Herman and Lydia (Schulte-Wieking) Spieth.
Spieth, Herman Theodore was born on August 21, 1905 in Charlestown, Indiana, United States. Son of Henry Herman and Lydia (Schulte-Wieking) Spieth.
AB, Indiana Center College, 1926. Doctor of Laws, Indiana Center College, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1931.
Instructor zoology Indiana University, 1931-1932. Successively instructor, assistant professor, associate professor biology City College of New York, 1932-1953. Professor zoology University California, Riverside, 1953-1964, chairman division life science, 1953-1956, 2d provost, 1956-1958, 1st chancellor, 1958-1964, professor zoology, chairman department Davis, 1964-1974, professor emeritus, 1974-1988.
Guest investigator University Texas, 1949-1950, 64-65. Visiting colleague University Hawaii, summers 1963, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 74. Lecturer zoology Columbia University, 1938-1952.
Head marine and fresh water zoology Cold Spring Harbor Biological Laboratory, Long Island, summers 1931-1938. Research associate American Museum Natural History, 1943-1962.
Served from lieutenant to captain United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Animal Behavior Society, Entomological Society of America, California Academy of Sciences. Member American Institute Biological Sciences, Society Systematic Zoology, American Society Naturalists, Society for Study Evolution, New York Entomological Society, American Society Zoologists, American Society Limnology and Ocenography, Sierra Club, Sigma Xi, Delta Chi.
Married Evelyn E. Wilkinson, August 30, 1931. 1 son, Philip.