Ralph Ruskin Huestis

Background

Huestis, Ralph Ruskin was born on January 14, 1892 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Charles Herbert and Jessie Brown (Ackman) Huestis.

Education

Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture, McGill University, 1914; Master of Science, University of California, 1920; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1924.

Career

Research assistant, Scripps Institution, University of California, 1920-1924; assistant professor biology, U. Oregon, 1924-1930; professor, U. Oregon, from 1930; head Department, University Oregon, 1952-1956.

Achievements

• Ralph Ruskin Huestis has been listed as a noteworthy Biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant Canada Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1919. Member Oregon (president 1948), New York academy science, American Society Mammalogists, American Society Zoologists, Genetics Society of America, Society Study Evolution, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Geraldine Lilley Parke, July 4, 1919. Children: Gerald Ackman, Ralph Parke, Stephanie Monida Viola (Mistress Frank A. McLean), Helen Michener (mrs. Robert L. Fisher).

Father:

Charles Herbert Huestis

Mother:

Jessie Brown (Ackman) Huestis

Spouse:

Geraldine Lilley Parke

child:

Gerald Ackman Huestis

child:

Ralph Parke Huestis

child:

Helen Michener Huestis (mrs. Robert L. Fisher)

child:

Stephanie Monida Viola Huestis (Mistress Frank A. McLean)