Theodore Delevoryas

Background

Delevoryas, Theodore was born on July 22, 1929 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Basil John and Sophie John (Dulchinos) Delevoryas.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Massachusetts, 1950; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1954; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1968.

Career

Assistant professor botany, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1955-1956; instructor botany, Yale University, New Haven, 1956-1958; assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1958-1960; associate professor biology, Yale University, New Haven, 1962-1968; professor biology, Yale University, New Haven, 1968-1972; associate professor botany, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1960-1962; professor botany, University Texas, Austin, 1972-1994; professor emeritus, since 1995. Department chairman botany, University Texas, Austin, 1974-1980, division biological science, 1982-1989.

Achievements

• Theodore Delevoryas has been listed as a noteworthy Botanist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Plant Diversification, 1977, Modern Biology Series, 144 pages with illustrations.
  • Plant Diversification
  • Plant Diversification
  • Morphology and Evolution of Fossil Plants

Membership

Member Botanical Society American (treasurer 1968-1972, vice president 1973, president 1974), Internat.Orgn. Palaeobotany (president 1978-1981).

Connections

Married Nancy Lou Foster, June 23, 1956 (divorced 1978). Children: Matthew Torrey, Christopher Theodore. Married Cecilia Ann Dean, August 14, 1981.

Father:

Basil John Delevoryas

Mother:

Sophie John (Dulchinos) Delevoryas

Spouse:

Cecilia Ann Dean

Spouse:

Nancy Lou Foster

child:

Matthew Torrey Delevoryas

child:

Christopher Theodore Delevoryas