William Clark Ashby

Background

Ashby, William Clark was born on July 6, 1922 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Wallace and Mary Chamberlin (Little) Ashby.

Education

Associate of Arts, George Washington University, 1942; Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1950; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1947-1949.

Career

Plant physiologist, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Svc., Pasadena, California, 1950-1953; research fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1950-1954; assistant professor botany, University of Chicago, 1955-1960; from associate professor to professor botany, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, since 1960.

Achievements

• William Clark Ashby has been listed as a noteworthy Botanist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sergeant United States Army, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Ecological Society American (treasurer 1966-1969, business manager 1969-1973), British Ecological Society, American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation (Plassaward 1991), Soil Science Society American, Agronomy Society American.

Connections

Married Rhoda Helen Stratton, June 23, 1951. Children: Rhoda Ethel, Janet Helen, Carol Nannette.

Father:

Wallace Ashby

Mother:

Mary Chamberlin (Little) Ashby

Spouse:

Rhoda Helen Stratton

child:

Janet Helen Ashby

child:

Rhoda Ethel Ashby

child:

Carol Nannette Ashby