Background
Glaser, Otto was born on October 13, 1880 in Wiesbaden, Bermany. Son of Charles and Eleanore (Blum) Glaser.
Glaser, Otto was born on October 13, 1880 in Wiesbaden, Bermany. Son of Charles and Eleanore (Blum) Glaser.
Brought to the United States in infancy. Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1900, Doctor of Philosophy, 1904. Studied University Budapest, 1911-1912.
Demonstrator in comparative anatomy, embryology and biology College Physicians and Surgical (now University Maryland), Baltimore. 1901-1903; fellow Johns Hopkins, 1903-1905. Investigator oyster culture North Carolina Geological Survey and United States Bureau Fisheries, 1901-1902.
In charge oyster culture Gulf Biological Station, Louisiana, 1903-1904.
Instructor zoölogy and embryology Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1905-1907. With University of Michigan, 1905-1908, advancing to associate professor biology.
Professor biology Amherst (Massachusetts) College, since 1918, Harkness professor, since 1939. Lecturer on biology New School for Social Research, New York City Trustee clerk of corporation Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Naturalists, American Society Zoölogists, American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York Academy Science, Society Growth and Development, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Dorothy Gibbs Merrylees, September 1, 1909. Married second, Anita Gibson Glaenzer, 1934 (died 1940). Children: Comstock, Victoria.