Ira Loren Wiggins

Background

Wiggins, Ira Loren was born on January 1, 1899 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Edward Theodore and Minnie May (Talbott) Wiggins.

Education

AB, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1922; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1929.

Career

Teacher of Science, Durham (California) High School, 1923-1924; instructor botany, Occidental College, 1925-1927; assistant professor, Occidental College, 1927-1929; assistant professor botany, Stanford University, 1929-1936; associate professor biology, Stanford University, 1936-1940; professor biology, Stanford University, 1940-1960; acting head department biological science, Stanford University, 1948-1949, 56-57. Science director Arctic Research Laboratory, Alaska, 1950-1954, April-September 1956. Botanist Foreign Economics Administration, Ecuador, 1944.

Science director Belvedere Science Foundation.

Achievements

• Ira Loren Wiggins has been listed as a noteworthy University professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow California Academy Science (president 1954-1959, trustee 1959-1987). Member Arctic Institute North America (governor 1955-1987), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Botanical Science American (president 1940), American Fern Society (president 1956-1959), American Society Plant Taxonomists (president 1963), American Association of University Professors, Western Society Naturalists (vice president 1942, president 1945), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Dorothy Bruce, August 20, 1923. Children: Bruce Leon, Donnalie Mae.

Father:

Edward Theodore Wiggins

Mother:

Minnie May (Talbott) Wiggins

Spouse:

Dorothy Bruce

child:

Donnalie Mae Wiggins

child:

Bruce Leon Wiggins