Background
Dwyer, John Duncan was born on April 26, 1915 in Newark. Son of William Charles and Elizabeth (MacIsaac) Dwyer.
Dwyer, John Duncan was born on April 26, 1915 in Newark. Son of William Charles and Elizabeth (MacIsaac) Dwyer.
AB, St. Peters College, 1936. Master of Science, Fordham University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Fordham University, 1941.
Teacher St. Francis College, Brooklyn, 1941-1942, Union University, 1942-1948, Siena College, 1948-1953. Faculty St. Louis University, from 1953, professor biology, from 1959, chairman department, 1953-1963, botanical consultant forensic medicine, from 1975. Research associate Missouri Botanical Garden, from 1954.
Curator South America Phanerogams, from 1964. Consultant floristics of Panama United States Agency for International Development, summers 1962-1963, United States Army Tropic Test Center, Panama, 1965, Middle American, Organization of American States, Guatemala, 1970. In National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Member American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society of America, Torrey Botanical Club, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Missouri Academy of Sciences (president 1964-1965), International Association Plant Taxonomy, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi (chapter pres 1968, Scientist of Yr award 1980).
Married Marie Rita Rozelle, September 8, 1942. Children: John Duncan, Joseph, James, Jerome.