G.+Ledyard+Stebbins


 * __G.Ledyard Stebbins __**
 * __//Tristan Carrillo//__**

**__Life and Story__** George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. born in Lawrence New York January 6 1906.Although entering Harvard at the age of 18 for Law School his priorities turned into Botany. Stebbins graduated with a Ph.D in 1931 after which he became a lecturer at Colgate University in Hamilton New York. " In 1935, Stebbins joined the genetics department at the University of California in Berkeley, and immediately began working on a research project on the Cytogenetics of the genus Crepis (now family Asteraceae) under the guidance and sponsorship of Ernest B. Babcock, a geneticist and pioneer in plant breeding." So interested in what he was doing Stebbins was doing it on his own time and in 1939 he landed a place in genetics at Berkeley. In 1950 he left Berkeley and joined the University of California in Davis where he played an important role in the creation of the Deopartment of Genetics untill he retired in 1973.

__Citation__ Jr., C. K., biologists, o. o., century, f. b., & 94"., C. H. (n.d.). GL Stebbins Bio. //University and Jepson Herbaria Portal to California Flora//. Retrieved January 18, 2013, from http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/bryolab/babs/Stebbinsobit.html