Roy Waldo Miner

Background

Miner, Roy Waldo was born on February 24, 1875 in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Anson Dwight and Ella Eugenia (Wilbur) Miner.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1897, Doctor of Science, 1927. Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1900. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1923.

Career

October 1924); children—Dwight Carroll, Dorothy Eugenia, Roy Waldo. Married second, Eunice Thomasina Thomas, June 23, 1926. Master Latin and biology Berkeley School, 1900-1904.

Associate headmaster Kelvin School, New York, 1904-1905.

Assistant curator invertebrate zoology American Museum Natural History, 1905-1916, associate curator, 1917-1921, curator marine life, 1922-1943, curator emeritus, since 1943, directed construction of marine invertebrate exhibits. Now editor New York Academy Sciences.

Achievements

• Roy Waldo Miner has been listed as a noteworthy curator, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National; Fellow New York Academy Science (past president), New York Zoological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Consular Law Society. Member American Ecological Society, American Museums Association, American Geophys Union, New York History Society, Marine History Society, Mystic Art Association Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: Williams College Explorers Lotos (New York City).

Connections

Married Anna Elizabeth Carroll, September 15, 1903 (deceased. Married second, Eunice Thomasina Thomas, June 23, 1926. Children: Dwight Carroll, Dorothy Eugenia, Roy Waldo.

Father:

Anson Dwight Miner

Mother:

Ella Eugenia (Wilbur) Miner

Spouse:

Anna Elizabeth Carroll

Spouse:

Eunice Thomasina Thomas

child:

Dorothy Eugenia Miner

child:

Roy Waldo Miner

child:

Dwight Carroll Miner