Background
Griffing, Joseph Bruce was born on February 24, 1919 in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Son of John B. and Anna M. (Kelly) Griffing.
Griffing, Joseph Bruce was born on February 24, 1919 in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Son of John B. and Anna M. (Kelly) Griffing.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1941. Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1948.
Roosevelt fellow, University San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 1942. National Research Council fellow, University Cambridge, England, 1955.
Instructor genetics, Iowa State University, 1947-1948; assistant professor, Iowa State University, 1948-1953; principal research officer plant industry, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia, 1955-1957; senior research fellow, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, 1957-1959; senior principal research scientist, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, 1959-1965; chairman genetic section, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, 1960-1962; Mershon professor genetics, Ohio State University, 1965-1988; department chairman, Ohio State University, 1967-1984.
Board directors Ohio State University Research Foundation Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Genetics Society of America, American Society Naturalist, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ohio Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Penelope M. Scott, September 1, 1950. Children– Cynthia, Steven, Joan, Deborah.