Sherman Anthony Minton Jr. (24 February 1919 – 15 June 1999) was an American physician, herpetologist and toxinologist, who conducted the earliest detailed modern studies of amphibians and reptiles in Pakistan.
[2] He met Madge Alice Shortridge Rutherford[3] (20 March 1920 – 2004) at Bloomington in November 1937, when she introduced herself with the remark "I understand you collect snakes."
In 1938, Madge transferred to Butler University, Indianapolis where she embarked on an Advanced Civilian Pilot Training Program which was sponsored by the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA).
Upon completion of his M.D., Sherman was commissioned an officer in the United States Navy Medical Corps and served aboard the USS Brooks (DD-232) in the Pacific War, including the Battle of Luzon in the Japanese-held Philippines.
In September 1947, Sherman became assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the Indiana University Medical School, a post he held until retirement in 1984.
During the years 1958–1962, Sherman A. Minton and his family lived in Karachi, West Pakistan, where he served as the microbiologist at the newly established Basic Medical Science Institute.
The Minton's also spent much of their time traveling around Pakistan, covering some 69,000 km and collecting approximately 1,500 herpetological specimens.