Background
Sand, Seaward Alwyn was born on September 20, 1922 in Lockport, New York, United States. Son of Seaward Alwyn Senior and Gertrude Morris Sand.
Sand, Seaward Alwyn was born on September 20, 1922 in Lockport, New York, United States. Son of Seaward Alwyn Senior and Gertrude Morris Sand.
Student, Kansas State College, 1943—1944. Student, Cornell University, 1941—1943. Student, Cornell University, 1946—1947.
Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Cornell University, 1947. Master of Science in Science Education, Cornell University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, Cornell University, 1955.
High School teacher physics, chemistry and biology, Horseheads, New York, 1948—1950. Graduate assistant Department Plant Breeding New York State College Agriculture Cornell University, Ithaca, 1950—1954. From assistant to associate geneticist Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Windsor and Mount Carmel, 1954—1964.
Associate cancer research scientist Roswell Park Memorial Institute, New York State Department Health, Orchard Park and Buffalo, 1964—1984. Retired, 1984
Visiting associate professor biology State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1962—1963. Fulbright lecturer Department Genetics Trinity College, Dublin, 1963.
Research collaborator, guest associate geneticist biology department Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1962—1969. With United States Army, 1943-1946.
Life member Republican National Committee, Washington, from 2004. Speaker Niagara County New York Genealogical Society Program (Sand Lineage & Father's Photograph Career), Lockport, 2004. Platinum member Republican Presidential Task Force, Washington, from 2001.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member: American Genetic Association, Genetics Society of America (journal referee).
Married Mavis Hawthorne Gillette, August 15, 1948. Children: Beverly Vail, Valerie Waite, Kimberly Warner, Natalie Waugh, Kevin Gillette, Bryan Morris.