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zoology educator

Gerald Ainsworth Cole, American zoology educator. Achievements include research in the waters of Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico. Fellow Arizona Academy of Sciences, 1964 (president 1971-1972). Captain United States Army, 1942-1946. Member Sigma Xi (secretary 1978).

Background

Cole, Gerald Ainsworth was born on December 25, 1917 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Elbert Charles and Ida Nell (Ainsworth) Cole.

Education

AB, Middlebury College, 1939; Master of Science, St. Lawrence University, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1949.

Career

Teaching assistant University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1946-1949. Assistant professor, associate professor University Louisville, 1949-1958. Associate professor, professor Arizona State University, Tempe, 1958-1980.

Instructor, researcher Minnesota Biology Station, Lake Itasca, 1964-1970. Professor emeritus, zoology Arizona State University, 1980. Invited professor University Louisville, 1982.

Achievements

  • Gerald Ainsworth Cole has been listed as a noteworthy zoology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

All works

Membership

Captain United States Army, 1942-1946. Member Sigma Xi (secretary 1978).

Connections

Married Jean Palmer Hascall, March 11, 1944. Children: Wendy A., Sally J., Thomas H., Stephen W., Jeffrey V.

Father:
Elbert Charles Cole

Mother:
Ida Nell (Ainsworth) Cole

Spouse:
Jean Palmer Hascall

child:
Wendy A. Cole

child:
Sally J. Cole

child:
Thomas H. Cole

child:
Jeffrey V. Cole

child:
Stephen W. Cole