Background
Blinks, Lawrence Rogers was born on April 22, 1900 in Michigan City, Indiana, United States. Son of Walter Moulton and Ella Little (Rogers) Blinks.
Blinks, Lawrence Rogers was born on April 22, 1900 in Michigan City, Indiana, United States. Son of Walter Moulton and Ella Little (Rogers) Blinks.
Student, Kalamazoo College, 1918-1919; Student, Stanford University, 1920-1921; Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1923; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1926.
Assistant in general physiology, Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1926-1931; associate, Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1931-1933; associate professor, then professor, Stanford University, California, 1933-1965; professor, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1965-1972. Director Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California, 1943-1965. Assistant director National Science Foundation, Washington, 1954-1955.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, California Academy of Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, Western Society Naturalists (president 1950), American Society Plant Physiologists (Stephen Hales award), Society General Physiologists (president 1952). Clubs: Faculty (Stanford).
Married Anne Catherine Hof, July 27, 1928. Children— John Rogers, David (deceased), Samuel (deceased).