L. Walter Macior
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Born
August 26, 1926
Walter Aloysius Macior Jr.
August 26, 1926
Yonkers
DiedOctober 5, 2007 (aged 81)
Alma materColumbia University
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
ThesisThe tetrakaidecahedron and related cell forms in undifferentiated plant tissues (1960)
L. Walter Macior | |
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| Born | Walter Aloysius Macior Jr. August 26, 1926 Yonkers |
| Died | October 5, 2007 (aged 81) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University University of Wisconsin |
| Thesis | The tetrakaidecahedron and related cell forms in undifferentiated plant tissues (1960) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | St. Francis College Loras College University of Akron |
Lazarus Walter Macior (August 26, 1926 Yonkers - October 5, 2007) was an American botanist. He was professor emeritus and Distinguished Professor in Biology at the University of Akron.
Walter Aloysius Macior Jr. was the son of Walter Aloysius Macior and Alice Mary Macior. He graduated from Columbia University, and from the University of Wisconsin.[1]
He served in World War II as a Japanese linguist. He became a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Assumption, in 1956. He was professor at the University of Akron, from 1967 to 2000. He was a Faculty Research Associate at the University of California, Davis, in 1984.[2]
A scholarship at the University of Akron was named for him.[3]
