Career
John Merle Coulter held the following positions:
- 1871-1879 Professor of Natural Sciences at Hanover College
- 1872-1875 Botanist to the United States Geological Survey in the Rocky Mountains
- 1879-1891 Professor of Botany at Wabash College
- 1891-1893 President and Professor of Botany of Indiana University
- 1893-1896 President of Lake Forest College
- 1896-1925 Professor and head of the department of Botany at the University of Chicago.
- 1925-1928 Dean and adviser of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers, New York, a position he held until his death.
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