William Lawrence Tower

Background

Tower, William Lawrence was born on December 22, 1872 in Halifax, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lorenzo Augustus and Mary Sheldon (Thompson) Tower.

Education

Lawrence Scientific School (Harvard), 1893-1896. Graduate School, Harvard, 1898-1900. Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1902.

Career

Professor zoology, Antioch College, since 1900. Assistant in embryology, 1901-1903, associate, 1903-1904, instructor, 1904-1907, assistant professor, 1907-1911, associate professor, since 1911, University of Chicago.

Achievements

• William Lawrence Tower has been listed as a noteworthy zoologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Zoologists, American Society Naturalists, et cetera Club: Quadrangle.

Connections

Married Lucia Kieve, of Bloomington, Illinois, August 21, 1898.

Father:

Lorenzo Augustus Tower

Mother:

Mary Sheldon (Thompson) Tower

Spouse:

Lucia Kieve