Background
Reed, John Frederick was born on November 18, 1911 in Rockport, Maine, United States. Son of Marshall Everett and Linthel C. (Ripley) Reed.
Reed, John Frederick was born on November 18, 1911 in Rockport, Maine, United States. Son of Marshall Everett and Linthel C. (Ripley) Reed.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1933; Master of Arts, Duke, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke, 1936.
Instructor natural science, Amarillo (Texas) College, 1936-1938;
from instructor to associate professor biology, Baldwin-Wallace College, 1938-1946;
from assistant professor to professor botany, U. Wyoming, 1946-1956;
member of faculty, U. N.H., 1956-1962;
professor botany, dean Graduate School, U. N.H., 1956-1962;
dean, U. N.H. (College Liberal Arts), 1959-1961;
vice president, U. N.H. (College Liberal Arts), 1961;
acting president, U. N.H. (College Liberal Arts), 1961-1962;
president, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 1962-1969;
president emeritus, Fort Lewis College, since 1969;
professor botany, Fort Lewis College, 1962-1969;
section head ecology and systematic biology, National Science Foundation, 1969-1970;
professor, College Environmental Sciences University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1970-1982;
professor emeritus, College Environmental Sciences University of Wisconsin, since 1982;
chairman concentration in eco-systems analysis, College Environmental Sciences University of Wisconsin, 1970-1972;
dean academic affairs, College Environmental Sciences University of Wisconsin, 1975-1977;
dean emeritus, College Environmental Sciences University of Wisconsin, since 1978. Technician Pedo-botanical Mission to Ruanda-Urundi, Africa, 1951-1952. Cons.environ. biology National Science Foundation, 1956-1958.
Member Committee on Radioactive Waste Management National Research Council. Member of council National Institutes of Health National Institute Dental Research, 1959-1963, member dental training committee, 1967-1968. Member of commission on plans and objectives for higher education American Council on Education.
Chairman United States national committee for international biological program National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1972-1974. Member United States committee for man and the biosphere United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1974-1976, United States national commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1972-1978. Member commission on international environmental programs National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1973-1975.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Ecological Society of America (secretary 1953-1957, president 1963), British Ecological Society, American Society Range Management, Explorers Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, Beta Beta Beta (honorary member).
Married Mildred Gant Stites, December 29, 1934 (deceased). Children: John Francis, Robert Marshall, James Roger. Married Beatrice Costello Crosby, November 10, 1969.