Background
Martin, Walter Edwin was born on January 14, 1908 in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Sylvester and Tillie Lula (Secora) Martin.
Martin, Walter Edwin was born on January 14, 1908 in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Sylvester and Tillie Lula (Secora) Martin.
Bachelor of Engineering, Northern Illinois State Teachers College, 1930; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1937.
Assistant, Purdue University, 1930-1934;
instructor, Purdue University, 1934-1937;
instructor, Northern Illinois State Teachers College, summers 1930-1931;
member science expedition, Honduras, summer 1934;
member of staff, Marine Biological Laboratory, summers 1935-1942;
assistant professor, DePauw University, 1937-1941;
associate professor, DePauw University, 1941-1946;
professor, DePauw University, 1946-1947;
associate professor, University of Southern California, 1947-1948;
professor, University of Southern California, since 1948;
head zoology Department, University Southern California, 1948-1954;
head biology Department, University Southern California, 1954-1958. Naval technician to, Egypt, summer 1953, 55, Japan, Taiwan and Philippines, 1957. Sabbatical leave Marine Laboratory, U. Hawaii, 1956-1957.
Sabbatical year Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1963-1964, U. Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1970-1971.
Fellow Indiana Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Southern California Academy of Sciences. Member American Society Zoologists, American Society Parasitologists, American Micros. Society, Western Society Naturalists, Phi Sigma, Alpha Epsilon Delta.
Married Ruth Virginia Butler, June 16, 1934. Children: Carol Ann, John Walter, Judith Kathryn, David Butler.