Background
Spratt, Nelson Tracy was born on December 26, 1911 in Atlanta. Son of Nelson Tracy and Katherine Elliott (Guerard) Spratt.
Spratt, Nelson Tracy was born on December 26, 1911 in Atlanta. Son of Nelson Tracy and Katherine Elliott (Guerard) Spratt.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory University, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1940.
March 1969); children—Nelson Tracy III, Jacquelita, Gwendolyn, Melinda, Jorgine. Married second, Gladys Aronson Wiener, June 1969. Instructor biology Emory University, 1935-1936.
Research fellow U. Rochester, 1939-1940.
From research assistant to assistant professor biology Johns Hopkins, 1940-1949. Faculty University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1949-1975, professor zoology, 1951-1975, department chairman, 1958-1966.
Instructor embryology Marine Biological Laboratory, summers 1955-1961. Vis professor Gustavus Adolphus College, 1956, Institute Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, 1969, 71.
Program director development biology National Science Foundation, 1957-1958.
Consultant National Institutes of Health, from 1962.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow International Institute Embryology, Academy Zoology (India). Member Society Development and Growth, American Society Zoologists, American Association Anatomists, American Society Naturalists (treasurer), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Lambda Chi Alpha.
Married Jacqueline Rae Dahl, June 8, 1952 (divorced March 1969). Married second, Gladys Aronson Wiener, June 1969. Children: Nelson Tracy III, Jacquelita, Gwendolyn, Melinda, Jorgine.