Frederick Hamilton Norris Obituary
This collection houses the December 2007 issue of The Ohio Journal of Science, which contains an obituary for University of Tennessee Professor Emeritus of Biology Frederick Hamilton Norris on page 136.
Dates
- 2007 December
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses the December 2007 issue of The Ohio Journal of Science, which contains an obituary for University of Tennessee Professor Emeritus of Biology Frederick Hamilton Norris on page 136.
Biographical/Historical Note
Frederick Hamilton Norris was born to Vernon and Julia (Hamilton) Norris in Westerville, Ohio on December 28, 1912. He earned his BS from Otterbein College (1934) and his MS (1937) and PhD (1948) from Ohio State University. He joined the University of Tennessee's Department of Botany in 1947, where he worked as an Instructor (1947-1949), as an Assistant Professor (1949-1953), and as an Associate Professor (1957-1980). After retiring in 1980, Norris worked as a visiting professor at Urbana College in Urbana, Ohio for several years. He moved to Lebanon, Ohio in about 1994 and died on November 13, 2006.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
Collection was donated to University Archives in 2008 by William R. Burk.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository