VITA 



John Earl Gutberlet was born in Nebraska in March, 1887. 

 He received his preparatory training in the high school at Hardy, 

 Nebraska, and at Bethany Academy, Lindsborg, Kansas. He 

 entered Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, in 1905 and received 

 the A. B. degree from that institution in 1909. During the year 

 1909-10 he was a graduate student and an assistant in the 

 department of Zoology at the University of Colorado. He 

 attended the summer session of the University of Colorado 

 Biological Station in 1910. In the fall of 1910 he went to the 

 University of Illinois where he accepted a position as assistant 

 in the department of Zoology which he held until 1913. He 

 received the A. M. degree from the University of Illinois in 1911. 

 During the sunmier of 1911 he was engaged in study at the Marine 

 Biological Station, La JoUa, California. He was elected to mem- 

 bership in the Illinois Chapter of Sigma Xi in 1912. He attended 

 the summer session of the University of Illinois in 1913. During 

 the year 1913-14 he held a fellowship in Zoology at the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois where he completed his work for the degree of 

 Doctor of Philosophy in June, 1914. 



