Luther Shirley West

Background

West, Luther Shirley was born on September 6, 1899 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Norman Luther and Rena Lane (Shirley) W.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1921; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1925; Doctor of Science (honorary), Northern Michigan U., 1969; student Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Career

Instructor parasitology and medical entomology, Cornell Univercity, 1921-1925; lecturer general biology, Cornell Univercity, summer 1925; member of staff New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 1921-1925; professor biology and eugenics, Battle Creek College, 1926-1938; dean arts and science, Battle Creek College, 1933-1938; professor biology, head department, Northern Michigan College, 1938-1943, 46-62; associate member graduate faculty, University of Michigan, 1952-1960. Scientist-consultant fly control Eastern Mediterranean countries World Health Organization, 1952-1953. Dean arts and science Northern Michigan U., 1962-1965, dean emeritus, from 1965.

Achievements

• Luther Shirley West has been listed as a noteworthy University dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman City Health Council, Marquette, Michigan, 1958-1963. Trustee St. Luke's Hospital, Marquette, 1957-1970. Board directors Marquette County branch Michigan Tuberculosis Association, from 1962, Family Service Society Marquette, from 1941.

Major Sanitary Corps, Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Entomological Society American, American Microscopical Society, Michigan Academy Science, Arts and Letters (president 1965-1966, recipient citation 1950), American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Parasitologists, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Pi.

Connections

Married Beatrice Emma Ryan, June 28, 1922. Children: Ruth Shirley West MacVean, Richard Luther, William Edward, Alice Beatrice West Eldred, Betsy Lou West Dahlgren, David John.

Father:

Norman Luther West

Mother:

Rena Lane (Shirley) West

Spouse:

Beatrice Emma Ryan

child:

William Edward West

child:

David John West

child:

Alice Beatrice West Eldred West

child:

Ruth Shirley West MacVean West

child:

Betsy Lou West Dahlgren West

child:

Richard Luther West