Clarence Paul Oliver

Clarence Paul Oliver (November 8, 1898 – July 10, 1991), known to his friends as "Pete", was an American geneticist. Born in Dexter, Missouri, he attended college at University of Texas receiving a BA in 1925. He continued his studies at University of Texas completing a PhD in the laboratory of Hermann Joseph Muller in 1931. From 1932 to 1946 he was a member of the faculty of University of Minnesota where future nobelist Edward B. Lewis worked in his lab as an undergraduate. From 1946 to his retirement in 1971, he was a faculty member at University of Texas, where he studied human genetics and pseudoallelism.

Professional accomplishments

 * Founding member of the American Society of Human Genetics (1948)
 * President of the American Society of Human Genetics (1953)
 * Secretary of the Genetics Society of America (1953- 1955)
 * President of the Genetics Society of America (1958)
 * Editor of the journal Genetics (1957-1963)
 * Ashbel Smith Professor at the University of Texas