Background
Lanham, Urless Norton was born on October 17, 1918 in Grainfield, Kansas, United States. Son of Urless R. and Frankie V. (Norton) Lanham.
Lanham, Urless Norton was born on October 17, 1918 in Grainfield, Kansas, United States. Son of Urless R. and Frankie V. (Norton) Lanham.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, U. Colorado, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1948; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, La Jolla, 1940-1942; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1945-1946.
Assistant professor, research associate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1948-1962;
associate professor, Monteith College, Wayne State University, 1959-1962;
visiting curator, associate curator entomology, U. Colorado Museum, Boulder, 1962-1973;
curator, U. Colorado Museum, Boulder, 1973-1989;
professor natural history, U. Colorado Museum, Boulder, 1973-1989, professor emeritus, 89-;
member Tunisian expedition, U. Colorado Museum, Boulder, 1976;
assistant professor biophysics, U. Colorado Medical Center, Denver, 1968-1971. Visiting lecturer Arctic-Alpine Institute, Department Development Biology, 1966-1967. Visiting investigator Carnegie Museum Pittsburgh, 1982.
Editor biological science curriculumstudies American Institute Biological Sciences, 1963-1966. Consultant Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1967.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946, PTO. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Caroline Jane Combs, September 1, 1945. Children: Robert, Margaret, Carl.