Background
Boyd, William Lee was born on April 20, 1926 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Son of Samuel Niel and Sarah Mauveline (Dukes) Boyd.
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Boyd, William Lee was born on April 20, 1926 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Son of Samuel Niel and Sarah Mauveline (Dukes) Boyd.
Bachelor, University Tennessee, 1950. Master of Science, University Minnesota, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1954.
Assistant professor, U. Georgia, Athens, 1954-1955; principal investigator, Arctic Research Laboratory, Barrow, Alaska., 1955-1957; associate professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1958-1964; professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, since 1964; director Environmental Quality Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, since 1983. Field scientist various organizations, Alaska, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, Antarctica, since 1954.
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arctic Institute North America. Member American Society Microbiology, Water Pollution Control Federation, Sigma Xi.
Married Josephine Watson Daubney, January 6, 1956. Children: Victoria, Samantha, Laurence.