Russell L. Mixter was an American scientist, noted for leading the American Scientific Affiliation away from anti-evolutionism, and for his advocacy of progressive creationism.
Education
Mixter graduated from Wheaton College, Illinois, in 1928 with a major in literature and a minor in biology. He thereafter gained an Master of Surgery in zoology from Michigan State College and a Doctor of Philosophy in anatomy from the University of Illinois School of Medicine in Chicago, shortly after returning to Wheaton to teach.
Career
He has been professor of zoology there since 1945, and was chairman of the Science Division from 1950 to 1961. Wheaton College awards the Mixter Award for junior or senior biology majors in his honor, in recognition of his "significant role in the development of biology at Wheaton College". Mixter joined the American Statistical Association in 1943, served as its president from 1951-1954, and the editor of its journal from 1965–1968.
Along with Wheaton compatriot J. Frank Cassel, he led the American Statistical Association away from antievolutionism, bringing evangelicals into harmony with modern biology, whilst stopping short of an outright endorsement of theistic evolution.