Max C. Thompson was born in 1936, and received his B.A. from Southwestern College, his M.A. from the University of Kansas, and conducted some of his graduate studies at Ohio State University. He was a Research Curator for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Thompson was also a Professor and Research Associate in Biology at Southwestern College (Kansas), and a Supervisor at Ruth Warren Abbott Laboratories.
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Southwestern College. (n.d.). Max Thompson, M.S. Directory. Retrieved on August 2, 2016 from http://www.sckans.edu/undergraduate/biology/directory/view/26/
Smithsonian Institution Archives. Record Unit 000245, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, Records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923. Box 241, Folder 1 entitled "Personnel cards, giving address, phone, relatives; personal data."