Background
Ewan, Joseph Andorfer was born on October 24, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Horace Gilbert and Emma (Magill) Ewan.
Botanist biohistorian research bibliographer
Ewan, Joseph Andorfer was born on October 24, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Horace Gilbert and Emma (Magill) Ewan.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1934; Doctor of Science (honorary), William and Mary College, 1972; Doctor of Science (honorary), Tulane University, 1980.
Assistant phanerogamic botany University California, Berkeley, 1933-1937. Instructor biology University Colorado, Boulder, 1937-1944. Botanist Foreign Economic Administration, Bogota, Colombia, 1944-1945.
Assistant curator, division plants Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1945-1946. Associate botanist, Bureau Plant Industry United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, 1946-1947. Assistant professor botany to Ida A Richardson professor Tulane University, New Orleans, 1947-1977.
Research associate Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 1986-1997. Visiting professor University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1967, 74, University Oregon, Eugene, 1978, 81, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1982. Official delegate International Conference Centre National Research, Paris, 1956.
Foundation board member Longue Vue Gardens, New Orleans, 1971-1979.
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Fellow Linnean Society (London). Member American Fern Society (vice president 1941-1947, president 48-49), Torrey Botanical Club, California Botanical Society, International Society Plant Taxonomists, American Society Plant Taxonomists, Cooper Ornithological Society, American Antiquarian Society, Society History of Natural History (Founder's medal 1986), History of Science Society.
Married Ada Nesta Dunn, August 20, 1935. Children: Kathleen Kilburn, Dorothy Saranne, Marjorie Magill.