Background
Fitch, Walter Monroe was born on May 21, 1929 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Chloral Harrison Monroe and Evelyn Charlotte (Halliday) Fitch.
educator evolutionist molecular biologist
Fitch, Walter Monroe was born on May 21, 1929 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Chloral Harrison Monroe and Evelyn Charlotte (Halliday) Fitch.
Bachelor of Arts California, Berkeley, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1958. Doctor Honoris Causa(honorary), North Carolina State University, 2001.
United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow, University of California Berkeley, 1958-1959;
United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1959-1961;
lecturer, University College, London, 1961-1962;
assistant professor, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1962-1967;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1967-1972;
professor, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1972-1986;
professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1986-1989;
professor, University of California-Irvine, since 1989;
professor, department chairman ecology and evolutionary biology, University of California-Irvine, 1990-1995;
professor, since 1995. Visiting Fulbright lecturer London, 1961-1962. National Institutes of Health visiting professor Hawaii, 1973-1974.
Macy Foundation visiting professor University of California, Los Angeles, 1981-1982. Visiting professor University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1985, U. Cambridge, England., 1998-1999, Isaac Newton Institute Mathematics England, 1998-1999.
Member Cupertino Planning Commission, California, 1960-1961, Madison Planning Commission, 1965-1968. Member Dane County Regional Planning Commission, 1968-1973. Chairman Madison Reapportionment, 1979-1981.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Chemical Society, American Society Naturalists, Bio-chemical Society (England), Genetics Society of America, Society Study Evolution, Society Systematic Biology, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (president 1992-1993), Linnean Society (London).
Married Eleanor E. McLean, September 1, 1952 (divorced March 28, 1988). Children: Karen Allyn, Kathleen Leslie, Kenton Monroe. Married Chung-Cha Ziesel, September 9, 1989.