Background
Wagner, Warren Herbert was born on August 29, 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Warren Herbert and Harriet Lavinia (Claflin) Wagner.
Wagner, Warren Herbert was born on August 29, 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Warren Herbert and Harriet Lavinia (Claflin) Wagner.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Pennsylvania, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1950; special student, Harvard, 1950-1951.
Instructor, Harvard, summer 1951;
visiting professor, 1991;
faculty, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, since 1951;
professor botany, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1962-1991;
professor emeritus, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, since 1991;
curator pteridophytes, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, since 1961;
director Botanical Gardens, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1966-1971;
department chairman botany, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1975-1977;
special research higher plants, origin and evolution ferns, groundplan/divergence methods accurate deduction phylogenetic relationships fossil and living, plants, pteridophytes of Hawaii, 1962-1965;
principal investigator project evolutionary characters ferns, National Science Foundation, since 1960;
monograph grapeferns, National Science Foundation, since 1980;
pteridophytes of Hawaii, National Science Foundation, since 1991. Chairman Michigan Natural Areas Council, 1958-1959. Member Smithsonian Council, 1967-1972, honorary member, since 1972.
Consultant member Survival Svc. Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, since 1971. Member of national history board National Museum, since 1989.
Trustee Cranbrook Institute Sciences. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary section botanical science, vice president section 1968), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member NAS, American Fern Society (secretary 1952-1954, curator, library 1957-1977, president 1970, 71, honorary), American Society Plant Taxonomists (county 1958-1965, president 1966, Asa Gray award 1990), Society for Study Evolution (vice president 1965-1966, county 1967-1969, president 1972), American Society Naturalists, International Association Pteridologists (vice president 1981-1987, president 1987-1993), Botanical Society American (president 1977, Merit award 1978), Michigan Botanical Club (president 1967-1971), Torrey Botanical Club, New England Botanical Club, International Society Plant Morphologists, International Association Plant Taxonomy, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Tau.
Married Florence Signaigo, July 16, 1948. Children: Warren Charles, Margaret Frances.