H. Bentley Glass

Hiram Bentley Glass (January 17, 1906–January 16, 2005) 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. 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.

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 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 (AIBS), 1954-1956
 * President of the Maryland Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 1955-1965
 * President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 1958-1960
 * Chairman of the Board of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), 1959-1965
 * President of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), 1967
 * President of Phi Beta Kappa, 1967-1970
 * President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1969
 * President of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), 1971

Selected bibliography

 * Bentley Glass Progress or Catastrophe: The Nature of Biological Science and Its Impact on Human Society  (Praeger Publishers, 1985). ISBN 0-275-90107-6
 * Bentley Glass, Owsei Temkin, William L., Jr. Straus Forerunners of Darwin, 1745-1859 (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1968) ISBN 0-8018-0222-9
 * Bentley Glass "Ethical Basis of Science" (Haifa, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1969)
 * Bentley Glass "Science and ethical values" (Greenwood Press, 1981)