Phineas Wescott Whiting

Background

Whiting, Phineas Wescott was born on October 28, 1887 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Fairfax and Louise Hazeltine (Wescott) Whiting.

Education

Student Dartmouth College, 1907-1909. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1911, Master of Science, 1912. Student Bussey Institute, Forest Hills, Massachusetts, 1912-1914.

Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1916.

Career

Harrison research fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1916-1918. Professor biology Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1918-1920. Associate professor biology Saint Stephen’s College, Annandale-on-Hudson, 1920-1921.

Research associate professor in eugenics Iowa Child Welfare Research Station, Iowa City, Iowa, 1921-1924.

Professor biology and head department University of Maine, 1924-1927. Research investigator in problems of sex National Research Council, Bussey Institution, Harvard, 1927.

Associate professor zoology University of Pittsburgh, 1928-1931, professor, 1931-1933. Associate professor zoology University of Pennsylvania, 1935-1946, professor from 1946.

Achievements

• Phineas Wescott Whiting has been listed as a noteworthy geneticist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member corporation Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Genetic Association, American Society Zoölogists, American Society Naturalists, Sigma Xi, Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Connections

Married Anna Rachel Young, June 29, 1918.

Father:

Henry Fairfax Whiting

Mother:

Louise Hazeltine (Wescott) Whiting

Spouse:

Anna Rachel Young