Background
Jennings, Otto Emery was born on October 3, 1877 in Olena, Ohio, United States. Son of Byron Emery and Jennie Ellen (Cowpe) Jennings.
Jennings, Otto Emery was born on October 3, 1877 in Olena, Ohio, United States. Son of Byron Emery and Jennie Ellen (Cowpe) Jennings.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Ohio State University, 1903. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1911, Doctor of Science, 1930. Doctor of Laws, Waynesburg, 1947.
Florist, 1901-1902, in botany department Ohio State University, 1902-1904. Custodian section botany, 1904-1908, association curator section botany, 1908, curator of botany, since 1915, also director education, 1929-1945. Acting director Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, 1945.
Director, 1946-1949, emeritus since 1950.
Lecturer botany, Pittsburgh and Allegheny Kindergarten College, 1910-1912. Instructor botany Lake Laboratory Ohio State University Sandusky, Ohio, summer 1905, in ecology, 1910, 11.
Instructor in paleobotany, 1911-1912, professor paleobotany, 1912-1913, professor, botany, 1913-1935, head department, 1926-1935, professor biology, 1935-1945, also head department, 1935-1945. Director Lake Laboratory 1931-1945 U. Pittsburgh.
Member of advisory board Allegheny Federal Forest Experiment Station, 1932-1945. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (general secretary 1918). Member Pennsylvania Forestry (Executive Board 1942), Botanical Society Western Pennsylvania (president since 1936), Pennsylvania Academy Science (president 1924-1925), Ohio Academy Science, Pittsburgh Academy Science and Art (president since 1934), American Feorn Society, American Bryological Society, Sigma Xi, Townshend chapter Alpha Zeta, Association American Geographers, Botanical Society American.
Member Garden.
Married Grace Emma Kinzer, June 30, 1906.