Background
He was born on November 4, 1917 in Brooklyn, New New York
He was born on November 4, 1917 in Brooklyn, New New York
George Washington University. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1939 from Brooklyn College, an Master of Surgery in 1954 from De Paul University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from George Washington University in 1962.
He worked for the United States Department of Agriculture as a parasitologist till 1972. Since then he has been a Research Associate in Botany with the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, District of Columbia Member of the Botanical Society of America.
Member of the Botanical Society of America.