Background
Nicholas, John Spangler was born on March 10, 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Trauger and Elisabeth Ellen (Spangler) Nicholas.
Nicholas, John Spangler was born on March 10, 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Trauger and Elisabeth Ellen (Spangler) Nicholas.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania College, 1916, Master of Science, 1917. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1921.
Instructor in biology, Pennsylvania College, 1915-1917. Master Gettysburg Academy, 1916-1917. Instructor in anatomy, University of Pittsburgh, 1921-1922, assistant professor, 1922-1926.
Assistant professor biology, Yale University, 1926-1932, associate professor comparative anatomy, 1932-1935, Bronson professor of comparative anatomy, 1935-1939, Sterling professor of biology, 1939-1963, Sterling professor biology emeritus, since 1963, chairman department zoology, 1946-1956.
Fellow Trumbull College, 1933-1945, master, 1945-1963. Honorary fellow Saint Catherine’s College, Cambridge, England.
Director Osborn Zoological Laboratory, 1946-1956. Mellon lecturer U. Pittsburgh, 1948.
Woods Hall lecturer, 1953.
Rockefeller Institute lecturer, 1956. Visiting professor, since 1956. Speaker Humanities Seminar, University of Massachusetts, 1958.
Member planning commission.
International Congress Developmental Biology. Member Brookhaven Biological visiting commission Chairman Division Biology and Agriculture, National Research Council, 1948, vice chairman, 1949.
Secretary Seventh International Congress for Cell Biology. Adviser National Selective Service, 1948-1953.
Served as private Medical corpus, United States army, 1918-1919. Member of the board of trustees, Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, secretary, 1941-1956. Member scientific advisory board Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, New York Zöol.
Society.
Member at large National Research Council. Member visiting committee Brookhaven National laboratories, 1955-1958, chairman, 1958. Seminar moderator Gettysburg College, 1961.
Member research subcommittee National Manpower Advisory Committee, 1963.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sets., American Institute Biological Sciences (governing board). Member National Science Foundation (member division biological science, 1951-1953), American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (chairman Anatomy and Zoology section 1955-1958).
Society for Cell Biology, Growth Society, l’Institute International d’Embryologic, American Society Physiology, American Society Zoology, American Biological Society (president 1945), American Philosophical Society (councilor 1954-1957), American Society Anatomy, American Cancer Association, Society for Experimental Biology and Medi., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (member of national executive committee 1954-1957), Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Pi, Gamma Alpha, Torch. Republican; Mason.; Clubs: Yale (New York).
Member editorial board Journal Experimental Zoology, 1946, managing editor, 1947.
Married Helen Benton Brown, December 17, 1921.