Background
Tryon, Rolla Milton was born on August 26, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Tryon, Rolla Milton was born on August 26, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1937. The Master of Philisophy, University Wisconsin, 1938. Master of Science, Harvard University, 1940.
Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, Harvard University, 1941.
Laboratory technician Chemical Warfare Service Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942. Instructor botany Dartmouth College, 1942, laboratory technician, 1943-1944. Instructor botany University Wisconsin, 1944-1945.
Assistant professor University Minnesota, 1945-1948. Associate professor Washington University, St. Louis, 1948-1957. Curator herbarium and ferns Gray Herbarium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1958, professor biology, from 1972.
Curator Herbarium, Minneapolis, 1946-1948. Assistant curator herbarium Missouri Botanical Garden, 1948-1957.
Member American Society Plant Taxon, American Fern Society, Botanical Society of America.