Background
Curtis, Winterton Conway was born on November 4, 1875 in Richmond, Maine, United States. Son of William Conway and Fanny Mary (Norton) Curtis.
Curtis, Winterton Conway was born on November 4, 1875 in Richmond, Maine, United States. Son of William Conway and Fanny Mary (Norton) Curtis.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams, 1897, Master of Arts, 1898, Doctor of Science, 1934. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1901.
1 son, William Dwight. Instructor on staff, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1899-1903. In charge of the Invertebrate course, 1908-1911.
Instructor zoology, 1901-1904, assistant professor 1904-1908, professor since 1908, acting dean, College of Arts and Science, 1939, dean of same 1940-1945, dean and professor emeritus since 1946.
Director of instruction Armed Forces, 1943-1944, University of Missouri. Scientific assistant United States Bureau Fisheries, 1907-1910.
Visiting professor Keio University, Tokio, 1932-1933. Expert witness, Scopes trial, Dayton, Tennessee, 1925.
Member National Research Council (division biology and agriculture, 1924-1926. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president section F, zoology, 1926). Member American Society Zoologists (secretary 1913, president 1932), American Society of Naturalists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Gamma Delta.
Has made investigations in embryology, morphology, parasitism in platoda and mollusca and in effects of radiations upon animals, also in humanistic aspects of biological science.
Club: Faculty (University of Missouri).
Married Marion Hitchcock Peck, September 5, 1902.