Background
Griffin, Lawrence Edmonds was born on September 10, 1874 in Dalton, New York, United States. Son of Milton Joseph and Dona (Edmonds) Griffin.
Griffin, Lawrence Edmonds was born on September 10, 1874 in Dalton, New York, United States. Son of Milton Joseph and Dona (Edmonds) Griffin.
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Philosophy, Hamline University, 1895. Post-graduate study, University of Minnesota, 1895-1898. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1900.
Instructor in biology, Western Reserve University, 1900-1902. Professor biology, Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Missouri, 1902-1908. Research assistant, Carnegie Institute, 1904-1905.
Assistant and associate professor zoology, University of Philippines, 1908-1913, also dean College of Liberal Arts, 1910-1913.
Professor zoology, University of Pittsburgh, 1914-1920. Professor biology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, since 1920.
Custodian Department of Herpetology, Carnegie Museum.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society American Zoologists, American Micros. Society (president), American Ecological Society, American Society Herpetology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Estelle Edwards, of Hamline, Minnesota, January 1, 1901. Children: Curtis Edwards, Lawrence Milton, Richard Edmonds.