Background
Struthers, PArke HArdy was born on May 29, 1891 in Minneapolis. Son of Alfred Luther and Carrie Elizabeth (Hardy) Struthers.
Struthers, PArke HArdy was born on May 29, 1891 in Minneapolis. Son of Alfred Luther and Carrie Elizabeth (Hardy) Struthers.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1915. Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1927.
Instructor zoology Pennsylvania State College, 1915-1917. Professor botany University Puerto Rico, 1920-1922. Research collector vertebrates American Museum National History, Carribean Sea, 1920-1922.
Instructor zoology Syracuse (New York ) University, 1922-1927, assistant professor, 1927-1929, associate professor, 1929-1939, professor, 1939-1956, professor emeritus, from 1956. Director Museum Natural Science, Syracuse, 1926-1933. Director carp control studies Conservation Department New York, 1927-1931.
Founder Merriconn Biological Laboratory, Nelson, New Hampshire, 1933, director tropical branch laboratory, Santiago, Republic of Panama, from 1948. Director expeditions, Puerto Rico, 1926, Andean Mountains, 1931, Republic of Panama, 1948.
With United States Army, 1917-1919. Member American Society Zoologists, American Society Mammalogists, American Fisheries Society, Audubon Society, Explorers Club, Sigma Xi, Kappa Phi.
Married Mildred Lucebia Morgan, October 1, 1918 (deceased July 1942). Children: Jane Mildred (Mistress Ward), Alfred Morgan, Parke Hardy Junior, John Hodgkiss, Robert Claflin, Carolyn.