Hope Thomas Ritter

Background

Ritter, Hope Thomas was born on September 24, 1919 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Hope Thomas Martin and Sara Emma (Snyder) Ritter.

Education

AB, Cornell University, 1943. Master of Science, Lehigh University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Lehigh University, 1955.

Career

Assistant professor Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1955, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955—1962, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1962—1966. Professor University Georgia, Athens, 1966—1987, cell biology research, from 1987. With United States Army, 1943-1946.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in unidentified structure of the meiotic/central spindle detailed with polarized light and differential interference contrast light microscopic forms.

Membership

Clerk session 1st Presbyterian Church, Athens, 1991—1993. Fellow: New York Academy of Sciences, American Society Cell Biology.

Interests

• Rowing, skiing, tennis.

Connections

Married Doris Applegate Ritter, October 12, 1946 (divorced May 1970). Children: Hope III, Robin Rountree, Pamela Patton, Jennifer Laconis. Married Linda Jane Blissit, July 1, 1970.

1 child Michael.

Father:

Hope Thomas Martin Ritter

Mother:

Sara Emma (Snyder) Ritter

Spouse:

Doris Applegate Ritter

Spouse:

Linda Jane Blissit

child:

Hope III Ritter

child:

Robin Rountree Ritter

child:

Pamela Patton Ritter

child:

Jennifer Laconis Ritter

child:

Michael Ritter