Background
Fink, Bruce was born on December 22, 1861 in Blackberry, Illinois, United States. Son of Reuben and Mary Elizabeth (Day) Fink.
Fink, Bruce was born on December 22, 1861 in Blackberry, Illinois, United States. Son of Reuben and Mary Elizabeth (Day) Fink.
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1887, Master of Science, 1894. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1896; Doctor of Philisophy, University of Minnesota, 1899. Studied University of Chicago, 1903.
Principal of high schools, 1887-1892. Professor biology, Upper Iowa University, 1892-1903. Professor botany, Grinnell College, 1903-1906.
Professor botany, Miami University, since 1906.
Member Minnesota Botanical Survey, 1896-1903. Member Ohio Biological Survey Board Botanical editor Ohio Journal of Science. Taxonomic studies of lichens.
Married Ida May Hammond, January 9, 1888. Children: Mistress Lois Honberger, Hugh Willard, Ruth Elizabeth.