Background
Whitaker, Thomas Wallace was born on August 13, 1904 in Monrovia, California, United States. Son of Walter R. and Mamie (Dunne) Whitaker.
Whitaker, Thomas Wallace was born on August 13, 1904 in Monrovia, California, United States. Son of Walter R. and Mamie (Dunne) Whitaker.
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Davis, 1927; Master of Science, University of Virginia, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1931.
DuPont fellow, University of Virginia, 1927-1931;
fellow Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, 1931-1934;
associate professor biology, Agnes Scott College, 1934-1936;
with, Department Agriculture, 1936-1973;
associate geneticist, senior geneticist, principal research geneticist and investigation leader, Department Agriculture, La Jolla, California
collaborator, Department Agriculture, since 1973;
research associate in marine biology, University of California, San Diego, 1964-1973;
research associate in biology, University of California, 1973-1986. District lecturer biology Tulane University, 1967. Guest lecturer genetics U. Arizona,1967.
Guest lecturer horticulture Purdue University, 1964, University of California-Davis, 1967. Guest lecturer genetics U. Rajistan and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1972. Guest lecturer Faculty Sciences, National U., La Plata, Argentina.
Member Knight-Whitaker plant expedition to Mexico, 1980, Whitaker-Providenti plant expedition to Turkey and Greece, 1983. Delegate Horticultural People to People, Peoples Republic China, 1985.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego Zoological Society. Member American Society Naturalists, Torrey Botanical Club, Botanical Society of America, American Society Archeology, Canada Horticultural Society (honorary life), American Society Horticultural Science (president 1974-1975), American Phytopath. Society, San Diego Natural History Society, Society Study of Evolution, Society Economic Botany (president 1969, Distinguished Economic Botanist award 1980), American Plant Life Society (executive secretary 1959-1986), American Institute Biological Sciences, American Genetic Association, Explorers Club, American Society Plant Taxonomists, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta.
Married Mary Beverley Somerville, August 15, 1931 (deceased August 1971). Children: Thomas Wallace, Beverley W. Rodgers. Married Dixie McConnell Long, July 7, 1978.