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Cornell Prepared Botanist For His Michigan Career
The Michigan Alumnus 267
Author of many articles on paleobotany and once on the faculty at Cornell University, Ches ter Arthur Arnold is now Associate Professor of Botany and Curator of Paleobotany in the University Mu seum of Paleontology.
Born June 25, 1901, at Leeton, Missouri, he received his B.S. degree in 1924 and his Ph.D. degree in 1929, both from Cornell University. For four years, beginning in 1924, Mr. Arn old was Assistant in Botany at Cor nell. In 1928 he came to the Uni versity of Michigan and was made Instructor in his field. He was pro moted to Assistant Professor in 1935, and last spring was advanced to his present position of Associate Professor of Botany. In 1929 he was designated Curator of Fossil Plants at the Museum of Paleon tology.
Professor Arnold is a mem ber of the following professional societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Museum of Natural His tory; Botany Society of America: Michigan Academy; Paleontologi cal Society; Sigma Xi, an honorary scientific society; and the Research Club of the University of Michi gan.
Included among his numer ous literary contributions are pub lications in The American Journal of Botany and The Contribution from the Museum, of Paleontology of the University of Michigan. The subjects are principally concerned with plants of the Devonian and Carboniferous periods.
In 1933 Mr. Arnold married Jean Davidson Ph.D. '34, who received her A.B. and A.M. degrees from the Univer sity of British Columbia. They have two children, Bruce and David, aped three and six. Professor Arnold enjoys photography and in normal times spends his vacations furthering his study of botany.