Background
Irving, Laurence was born on May 3, 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Nathaniel and Esther (Messenger) Irving.
Irving, Laurence was born on May 3, 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Nathaniel and Esther (Messenger) Irving.
Preparatory education, Roxbury Latin School. Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1916, Charles Carroll Everett graduate scholar, 1916-1917, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1959. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1917; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford, 1924.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Oslo, 1956.
Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Alaska, 1968.
Instructor William Warren School, Menlo, California, 1921-1923, Stanford, 1924-1927. National Research Council fellow U. Frankfurt-am-Main (Germany), 1925-1927. Associate professor physiology U. Toronto, 1927-1931, professor experimental biology, 1931-1937.
Professor biology Swarthmore College, 1937-1949, department chairman zoology, director Edward Martin Biological Laboratory, 1937-1949.
Lecturer physiology University of Pennsylvania, 1937-1949. Chief physiology section Arctic Health Research Center, United States Public Health Service, Anchorage, 1949-1962.
Professor zoophysiology Laboratory of Zoophysiology, U. Alaska, 1962-1975, emeritus professor, 1975-1979, director Institute Arctic Biology, 1962-1966, advisory science director, 1966-1979. George Cyril Graves lecturer in physiology, U. Indiana, 1948-1949.
Honorary research associate Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1956-1968, Smithsonian Institution, 1958-1969.
Chairman 2d, 3d, and 22d Alaskan Science Conference.
Member corporation Marine Biological Laboratory. Served as Lieutenant, 165th Infantry, United States Army, with American Expeditionary Forces and Army of Occupation, 1917-1919. Fellow Arctic Institute North. American (governor 1964-1970.
Member Norwegian Academy Science and Letters, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Chairman panel Expeditionary Physiology, Joint Research and Development Board, 1947. Clubs: Explorers (New York City).
Married Florence A. Binsley. Children: Susan, William Nathaniel, Laurence, Alan.