H. Bentley Glass

Who was H. Bentley Glass?

Hiram Bentley Glass was an American geneticist and noted columnist. Born in China to missionary parents, he attended college at Baylor University in Texas. He then furthered his education at the University of Texas, where he received his Ph.D. degree under the mentorship of geneticist Hermann Joseph Muller. His first major academic appointment was at Johns Hopkins University, at which time he was also a regular columnist for the Baltimore Evening Sun newspaper.

Glass was a frequent attendee of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposia.

In 1965, Glass became the first Academic Vice-President and Professor of Biological Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Dr. Glass' scientific papers were donated to and are available at the American Philosophical Society.

Throughout his long scientific career, he held many distinguished academic titles, including

⁕Editor of The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1944-1986

⁕Editor of Science, 1953

⁕President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1954-1956

⁕President of the Maryland Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, 1955-1965

⁕President of the American Association of University Professors, 1958-1960