Mepụta ụdị nke ahịrịokwu a dị mgbagwoju anya Alfred Romer a mụrụ na White Plains, New York, ma mụọ na Amherst College na-enweta B.Sc.
N'ezie, ụdị okwu dị mgbagwoju anya nke ahịrịokwu ahụ bụ "A mụrụ Alfred Romer na White Plains, New York, ma gụọ akwụkwọ na Amherst College na Mahadum Columbia, gụsịrị akwụkwọ na doctorate na zoology na 1921. "