Jose Cuatreacasas

Background

Cuatreacasas, Jose was born on March 19, 1903 in Camprodon, Catalonia, Spain. Son of Jose and Carmen (Arumi) Cuatreacasas. came to the United States, 1947:.

Education

License Ph., U. Barcelona, 1923; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Madrid, 1928.

Career

Assistant professor botany, U. Barcelona, Spain, 1924-1931; full professor, U. Madrid, 1932-1939; curator, Botanical Garden, Madrid, 1933-1939; director, Botanical Garden, Madrid, 1937-1939; professor, Institute Botanical, National U., Colombia, 1939-1942; director botanical mission, Valle Cauca Agricultural School, Cali, Colombia, 1942-1947; curator National Science Foundation, Field Museum, Chicago, 1947-1950; Guggenheim fellow, 1950-1952; principal investigator, National Science Foundation and Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1952-1957; research associate botany, Smithsonian, Washington, since 1957.

Achievements

• Jose Cuatreacasas has been listed as a noteworthy Botanist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Plant Taxonomists, Ecological Society American, International Association Plant Taxonomists, Society Study Evolution, International Society Tropical Ecology, National Science Foundation.

Interests

• Avocations: photography.

Connections

Married Martha Nowack, July 27, 1933. Children: Teresa, Gil, Pedro.

Father:

Jose Cuatreacasas

Mother:

Carmen (Arumi) Cuatreacasas

Spouse:

Martha Nowack

child:

Teresa Cuatreacasas

child:

Pedro Cuatreacasas

child:

Gil Cuatreacasas