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Robert Fiske Griggs

Robert F. Griggs
Born: Brooklyn, CT 8/22/1881, died 6/8/1962
Education: Ohio State (B. Sc, 1903); Minnesota (M.S. 1906); Harvard (Ph.D 1911)
Dissertation title: The development and cytology of Rhodochytrium (Bot. Gaz 53:127-173)
Adviser: George F. Atkinson (??) (mentioned in dissertation along with others)
Teaching history: Fargo (N.D.) Coll. 1903-06, Ohio State 1906-21; George Washington Univ. 1921-47 (ret.)-52, Univ. of Pittsburgh 1952-62 (?)
ESA offices and honors: President 1944
ESA links: Resolution of Respect
Archived papers: Photograph collection contained within the National Geographic Society (US), Katmai Expeditions, 1913-1919 contains 8 volumes of photographs made by staff members of the expeditions, including Griggs.
External links: Smith bios | Wikipedia