Laurence Irving (3 May 1895[1] – 20 November 1979[2][3]) was a pioneering American scientist in the field of comparative physiology.
[5] Directly after graduation from Bowdoin he entered Harvard University where he obtained an MA in physiology in 1917.
[1][6]: 390 In 1947, after returning to Swarthmore from his war service, Irving was appointed scientific director at the then-new Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in Barrow, Alaska.
After the United States' entry into World War II, Irving joined the Army Air Corps.
[5] Irving completed his World War II service at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Simpson indicated that Irving also assisted a number of other German-Jewish scientists during this period prior to the war.
[1] In 1951, his daughter Susan had married her father's former PhD student and longtime scientific collaborator, Per F.
[7] In 1971, the University of Alaska built a new building to house the Institute of Marine Sciences, joining the existing facility opened in 1965.