Background
Risley, Paul Lemuel was born on May 28, 1906 in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Carl Shugart (Review) and Laura Maude (Gray) R.
Risley, Paul Lemuel was born on May 28, 1906 in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Carl Shugart (Review) and Laura Maude (Gray) R.
Bachelor of Arts, Albion (Michigan) College, 1927. Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1929, Doctor of Philosophy, 1931.
Instructor zoology, University of Michigan, 1930-1931. Associate, zoology, State University of Iowa, 1931-1937, assistant professor, 1937-1942, associate professor, 1942-1945. Professor biology, University of Oregon from 1945, department chairman biology, 1945-1953.
Special research fellow Karolinska Institute, Sweden, 1965-1966.
Participant 5th World Congress Fertility and Sterility, Stockholm, 1966, 9th World Congress of Anatomists, Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1970.
Member American Association Advancement of Science, Society of Reproduction, American Society Zoologists, American Association Anatomists, American Society Naturalists. American Association University Professors, Oregon Academy Science, Sigma Xi, Sigma Nu, Phi Sigma, Gamma Alpha.
Married Louise Evelyn Clark, December 31, 1931. Children: Barbara Gray, Carolyn Clark.