Background
Wheeler, Marshall Ralph was born on April 7, 1917 in Carlinville, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Adelbert and Hester May (Ward) Wheeler.
Wheeler, Marshall Ralph was born on April 7, 1917 in Carlinville, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Adelbert and Hester May (Ward) Wheeler.
Student, Blackburn College, 1935-1937; Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, 1939; postgraduate, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1939-1941; Doctor of Philosophy (National Research Council fellow), University Texas, 1947.
Member faculty, University Texas, Austin, since 1947;
associate professor zoology, University Texas, Austin, 1955-1961;
professor, University Texas, Austin, 1961-1978;
emeritus professor, University Texas, Austin, since 1978. Gosney fellow California Institute Technology. Former director National Drosophila SpeciesResources Center.
Member National Wildflower Research Center.
Served with United States Navy, 1941-1945. Member Entomological Society of America (editor Annals 1970-1975), Southwest Association Naturalists (president 1961), Southwestern Entomological Society (president 1978), American Hemerocallis Society, Wilderness Society, Nature Conservancy.
Son of Ralph Adelbert and Hester May (Ward) W. M. Edna Vivian Cronquist, July 3, 1944. 1 daughter, Sandra Wheeler King.
M. Linda Carol Lackner, May 10, 1966. Children: Karen, Carson.