Donald Putnam Abbott (1920 - 1986)

Born 14 Oct 1920 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung (Aiona) Abbott — married 3 Mar 1943 in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Died 18 Jan 1986 at age 65 in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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Biography

Donald Abbott is Notable.

Donald Putnam Abbott (October 14, 1920 – January 18, 1986) was an invertebrate zoologist and professor of biology at the Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University from 1950 through 1982. He earned his Ph.D. under S.F. Light and Ralph Smith at the University of California, Berkeley. Abbott was an expert on ascidian tunicates and an authority on all forms of invertebrate animals. He was an influential teacher, researcher, author, and student mentor. His wife, Isabella Abbott, was a world authority on marine algae of the Pacific.

His father, a physician and professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, died in 1936 at the age of 52. In 1937, he moved to Hawaii and enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa to study zoology. While there he met Isabella Aiona, a botany student. Abbott graduated in 1941 with a bachelor's degree in zoology and remained at the University of Hawaii as an instructor when his graduate studies were interrupted by the outbreak of WWII. Donald and Izzie married in 1943. That same year Donald enlisted in the US Army and was assigned to the Chemical Warfare Service.

His 4th GGF was Rufus Putnam. famous Revolutionary War general.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Putnam_Abbott

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100705143303/http://www-marine.stanford.edu/memorials/AbbottD.pdf

• "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N779-2JM : 6 October 2022), Donald Putman Abbott, .

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSTH-S2Y : accessed 25 October 2022), Donald Abbott in household of Donald Abbott, Chicago (Districts 0001-0250), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 203, sheet 1A, line 31, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 422; FHL microfilm 2,340,157.

• 1940 US Census

• "Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYBQ-1MMM : 1 July 2022), Donald Putnam Abbott, 3 Mar 1943; citing Marriage, Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaii Department of Health, Office of Health Status Monitoring, Honolulu.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGHW-7YF : 11 January 2021), Donald Abbott, Jan 1986; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).