Background
Crowell, Prince Sears was born on May 2, 1909 in Natick, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Prince Sears and Ethel Iona (Moody) Crowell.
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Prince Sears Crowell, American Biologist. Member, president Citizens for Good Government, Bloomington, 1950-1960; volunteer in libry of jail Citizens for Jail Improvement, Bloomington, since 1987; president Bloomington Memorial Society, 1978. Member Indiana Academy Science (chairman zoology section 1949-1950), Indiana Science Talent Search, Rotary (board directors 1960-1963).
Education
AB, Bowdoin College, 1930; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1935.
Career
Instructor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1935; instructor, Brooklyn College, 1935-1936; from instructor to associate professor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1936-1948; assistant professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1948-1956; associate professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1956-1962; professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1962-1979; professor emeritus, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1979. Instructor Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, summers 1936-1941, 53, 64;program officer American Society Zoologists, 1957-1959. Trustee Corporation of Marine Biological Laboratory, 1958-1966, 67-75, Executive Committee board of trustees, 1963-1966, 67-70, secretary board of trustees, 1972-1975.
Achievements
Membership
Member, president Citizens for Good Government, Bloomington, 1950-1960. Volunteer in libry of jail Citizens for Jail Improvement, Bloomington, since 1987. President Bloomington Memorial Society, 1978.
Member Indiana Academy Science (chairman zoology section 1949-1950), Indiana Science Talent Search, Rotary (board directors 1960-1963).
Connections
Married Villa Elizabeth Bailey, July 2, 1938. Children: Persis Ann, Polly Foster, Prince Sears III.
