Background
Funkhouser, William Delbert was born on March 13, 1881 in Rockport, Indiana, United States. Son of Hugh Clark and Laura Josephine (Mobley) Funkhouser.
Funkhouser, William Delbert was born on March 13, 1881 in Rockport, Indiana, United States. Son of Hugh Clark and Laura Josephine (Mobley) Funkhouser.
Bachelor of Arts, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1905, Doctor of Science., 1929. Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1912, Doctor of Philosophy, 1916, honor fellow, 1916-1917.
Instructor biology, high school, Brazil, Indiana, 1905-1907. High school, Greencastle, Indiana, 1907. Headmaster, high school, Ithaca, New York, 1908-1914.
Principal Cascadilla School, July 1, 1915-August 15, 1918.
Head department zoölogy and entomology since 1918, professor of anthropology and dean of Graduate School since 1925, University of Kentucky.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Entomological Society American (president 1940). Member New York and Brooklyn entomological societies, Kentucky Academy Sciences, Kentucky Ednl. Association, Wilson Orinthol.
Club, American Zoöl.
Society, American Anthropological Society, Kappa Sigma (past district grand master Kentucky and Tennessee), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (president Kentucky Chapter, 1923-1924). Member commission on institutions of higher education 1941-1943. Member commission on graduate instruction, Southern University Conference, 1940-1944.
Member of Executive Committee Oak Ridge Institute.
Member Filson; Rotarian.
Married Josephine H. Kinney, June 29, 1910.