Background
Edmondson, WAllace Thomas was born on April 24, 1916 in Milwaukee. Son of Clarence Edward and Marie (Kelley) Edmondson.
Edmondson, WAllace Thomas was born on April 24, 1916 in Milwaukee. Son of Clarence Edward and Marie (Kelley) Edmondson.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1942. Postgraduate, University Wisconsin, 1939.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1987. HHD (honorary), Seattle University, 1996.
Research associate, American Museum Natural History, 1942-1943; Research associate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1943-1946; lecturer biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946-1949; member of faculty, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1949; professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1957-1986; professor emeritus, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1986; Jessie and John Danz lecturer, U. Washington, Seattle, 1987. R.E. Coker Memorial lecturer U. North Carolina, 1977. Brode lecturer Whitman College, 1988.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences (Cottrell award 1973), American Society Limnology and Oceanography (G. Evelyn Hutchinson medal 1990, celebratory issue of Limnology and Oceanography 1988), International Association Limnology, Ecological Society of America (Eminent Ecologist award 1983), Yale Graduate School Alumni Association (Wilbur Lucius Cross medal 1993).
Married Yvette Hardman, September 26, 1941.