Background
Bangham, Ralph Vandervort was born on February 26, 1895 in Wilmington, Ohio, United States. Son of John Charles and Mary (Vandervort) Bangham.
Bangham, Ralph Vandervort was born on February 26, 1895 in Wilmington, Ohio, United States. Son of John Charles and Mary (Vandervort) Bangham.
Bachelor of Arts, Wilmington College, 1915. Bachelor of Science, Haverford College, 1916, Master of Arts, 1917. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1923.
Instructor biology, Haverford College, 1917-1918. Professor biology Agricultural and Mechanics College, Arlington, Texas, 1918-1919.
Assistant professor anatomy Baylor University Medical College, 1919-1920, assistant professor biology, 1920-1922.
Assistant professor biology College of Wooster, 1923-1924, professor biology, since 1924, head department, since 1926, on leave, 1947-1948, 53-54. Member of staff Stone Laboratory, Ohio State University, summer, 1939, 40.
Research on fish parasitology University of Toronto, summer 1941, 42, Jackson Hole Biological Station of New York Zoological Society, 1949, 50. Institute Biology U. Wyoming, summer 1955.
Staff Rocky Mount Biological Laboratory, summer 1956.
Research associate University of Wisconsin, 1943-1948. Research U. British Columbia, 1953-1954. Parasitologist Ohio Division Conservation on lake and stream survey.
Member Ohio Biological Survey Board.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ohio Academy Science (vice president zoöl. section 1925). Member American Zologists Society, American Society Parasitologists, American Fisheries Society, Ecological Society American, American Micros. Society, Limnological Society, American Association University Professors, American Society Naturalists, Society Systematic Zoölogy, Phi Chi, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi.
Member Society of Friends.
Club: Century.
Married Margaret Williams, September 5, 1925. Children: John Williams (deceased), Jean.