Background
Twitty, Victor Chandler was born on November 5, 1901 in near Loogootee, Indiana, United States. Son of John MacMahon and Emma (Chandler) Twitty.
Twitty, Victor Chandler was born on November 5, 1901 in near Loogootee, Indiana, United States. Son of John MacMahon and Emma (Chandler) Twitty.
Bachelor of Science, Butler University, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1929. National Research Council fellow, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Berlin, 1931-1932.
Instructor zoological Yale, 1929-1931. Assistant professor zoological Stanford, 1932-1935, associate professor, 1935-1936, professor, 1936-1963, Herzstein professor, since 1963, executive head department biological science, 1939-1963. Instructor Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, summer 1930.
Lecturer zoology University of Michigan summer 1941.
Civilian with Office Scientific Research and Development, 1942-1944. Panel member commission on growth National Research Council, 1947-1950.
Member of advisory commission on general biology Office of Naval Research, 1950.
Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member Society Study of Growth and Development (president 1955), American Society Zoologists (president 1959), Western Society Naturalists (president, 1960), Institute Internationale Doctorate’Embryologie, National Academy Sciences, International Society Cell Biology.
Married Florence Eveleth, August 3, 1934. Children: John, Eveleth (deceased), Sarah Ellen (deceased), Edith Anne.