Background
Stark, Orton Kirkwood was born on September 21, 1898 in Cromwell, Indiana, United States. Son of Samuel Byron and Mary Elizabeth (Hart) Stark.
Stark, Orton Kirkwood was born on September 21, 1898 in Cromwell, Indiana, United States. Son of Samuel Byron and Mary Elizabeth (Hart) Stark.
Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1922. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1926.
Associate professor bioiogy Louisiana State Normal, Natchitoches, 1926-1927. Assistant professor botany U. Wyoming, 1927-1929. Assistant professor, then associate professor botany Miami University, 1929-1944, professor, from 1944, department chairman, 1956-1962.
Served as private United States Army, World War I. Member Society American Bacteriologists (president Ohio branch 1948), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Microbiology, New York Academy Sciences, American Public Health Association, Royal Society Health (England), Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma.
Married Mary Virginia Milligan, September 10, 1926. Children: Virginia Ruth (Mistress Richard East. Sherrell), Edward William.