Background
Shanor, Leland was born on July 21, 1914 in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Lel and Marion (McCandless) Shanor.
Shanor, Leland was born on July 21, 1914 in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Lel and Marion (McCandless) Shanor.
AB, Maryville College, 1935. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, 1939.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1961.
Assistant biology Maryville College, 1933-1935. Graduate assistant, teaching fellow botany University North Carolina, 1935-1939. Fellow University North Carolina (Highlands Laboratory), summer 1937.
Director Highlands Museum Natural History, summer 1939. Instructor botany Clemson College, 1939-1940, University Illinois, 1940-1943, assistant professor, 1946-1948, associate professor, 1948-1951, professor, 1951-1956, curator mycological collections, 1948-1956. Professor botany Florida State University, 1956-1963, head department biological science, 1956-1962.
Dean division advanced studies Florida Institute for Continuing University Studies, 1962-1965. Professor University Florida, Gainesville, 1965-1985, professor emeritus, since 1985, chairman department botany, 1965-1973. Section head division science personnel and education National Science Foundation, 1964, director division undergraduate education in science, 1965.
Pathologist Department Agriculture, 1943-1944. Research mycologist Office of Scientific Research and Development, George Washington University, 1944-1945. Research associate Johnson Foundation University Pennsylvania, Panama Canal Zone Laboratory, 1946.
Member advisory committee Canal Zone Biological Area, 1954-1966. Member science advisory committee Illinois Wesleyan University, 1956-1985, Inter-Institute Commission on Nuclear Research, 1957-1963, secretary, 1957-1958, chairman, 1958-1959. Consultant division science personnel and education National Science Foundation, 1960-1963.
Member science advisory committee Fairchild Tropical Garden, 1966-1984, trustee, 1971-1980.
Treasurer 2d International Mycological Congress, 1977. Advisory committee Southeastern Plant Environment Laboratories, 1968-1973. Board governors Center for Research in College Instruction Science and Mathematics, 1967-1970, secretary, 1968, chairman, 1970.
Trustee Highlands Biological Station, since 1956, president board, 1958-1963. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Botanical Society of America (chairman south-eastern section 1966), Mycological Society of America (secretary-treasurer 1951-1953, editor newsletters 1950-1953, president 1954, councilor 1955-1957), Illinois Academy of Sciences (secretary 1949-1951, councilor 1951-1953, president 1955), Association Southeastern Biologists (treasurer 1962-1965, vice president 1970-1971, president 1972-1973), Nature Conservancy, Explorers Club, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Mary Williams Ward, June 20, 1940. Children– Charles Algernon, Paul Leland World War II.