Prescott, G. W. (Gerald Webber), 1899-1988

LC control no.	n 79065475
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Personal name heading	Prescott, G. W. (Gerald Webber), 1899-1988 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Prescott, Gerald W. (Gerald Webber), 1899-1988 Prescott, Gerald Webber, 1899-
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1899-09-25
Death date	1988-07-07
Place of birth	La Porte City (Iowa)
Field of activity	Freshwater algae Aquatic plants
Affiliation	Willamette University Albion College Michigan State College Michigan State University
Found in	Aquatic flora in Iowa, 1927. Castanea, June 1989: page 85 (G.W. Prescott (Sept. 25, 1899-July 7, 1988)) OCLC, Mar. 14, 2018 (usage: G.W. Prescott; Gerald W. Prescott; Gerald Webber Prescott; access point: Prescott, G. W. (Gerald Webber), 1899-; Prescott, G. W.; Prescott, G. W. (Gerald Webber); Prescott, Gerald W.; Prescott, Gerald Webber; writes on fresh-water algae) Smithsonian Institution archives website, March 15, 2018 (Gerald Webber Prescott was born in LaPorte City, Iowa, on September 25, 1899, but moved to Grants Pass, Oregon, with his family when he was four. He attended Willamette University studying journalism, but left to join the U.S. Army during World War I. At the War's conclusion, he decided to pursue a degree in botany which he earned at the University of Oregon (1923). He later earned a M.A. (1926) and Ph.D. (1928) from University of Iowa. In 1925 he married Terressa Cox. Prescott was Associate Professor at Willamette University (1928-1929) and Albion College in Michigan (1929-1946). He went on to become a professor of botany at Michigan State University (then Michigan State College) until his retirement in 1968. His primary research areas in botany were limnology and phycology. During World War II, he was part of the U.S. Government quinine expedition in Ecuador. Prescott collected and studied throughout North, Central, and South America) <https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/auth_per_fbr_eacp117>