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Spurr, Stephen Hopkins was born on February 14, 1918 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Josiah Edward and Sophie Clara (Burchard) Spurr.
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Spurr, Stephen Hopkins was born on February 14, 1918 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Josiah Edward and Sophie Clara (Burchard) Spurr.
Bachelor of Science with highest honors, University Florida, 1938. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Florida, 1971. MF cum laude, Yale University, 1940.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1950.
Instructor, assistant professor, acting director Harvard Forest, Harvard University, 1940-1950. Associate professor University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1950-1952. Professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1952-1971, assistant to vice president academy affairs, dean School Graduate Studies, 1962-1965, vice president, 1969-1971.
Professor botany public affairs University Texas, Austin, 1971-1983, president, 1971-1974. Albright lecturer University California, 1966. Visiting scholar Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, 1966-1967.
George S. Long lecturer University Washington, 1975. Member President's Advisory Panel on Timber and Environ, 1971-1973. Board directors, vice president Capital Broadcasting Company.
Chairman Graduate Recording Examination Board and Council Graduate Schools, 1969-1971. Member Commission on Non Traditional Study, 1971. Member National Board Graduate Education, 1971-1975.
Trustee Educational Testing Service, Carnegie Council for Policy Studies in Higher Education, Institute International Education, 1972-1977.
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Trustee Carnegie Foundation for Advancement Teaching, Nature Conservancy. Member council Yale University from 1978. Fellow Society of America Foresters (council, founding chairman division forest management, vice president).
Member New Zealand Institute Foresters (honorary), American Forestry Association (board directors 1972-1975), Ecological Society of America, Conference Biological Editors (executive committee), Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Committee (chairman), Organization for Tropical Studies (president 1967-1968), Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (president 1968-1969), Michigan Society Fellows (senior fellow 1970-1990), Philosophical Society Texas, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Patricia Chapman Orton, August 18, 1945. Children: Daniel Orton, Jean Burchard.
