The son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Andrews was born in Beloit January 26, 1884. He collected birds and animals and learned taxidermy at the age of 14. He graduated from Beloit Academy in 1902 and from Beloit College four years later.

Soon after graduation from college he went to New York and started an affiliation with the American Museum of Natural History as a sweeper. His knowledge and interest in museum work quickly landed him a staff position. He earned a master’s degree at Columbia University in 1913. Dr. Andrews’ first work was with whales, which he studied off the Pacific coast and in the Alaskan waters. He later traveled through Indonesia and North Korea.

While on the Manchurian border he conceived the idea of a series of expeditions to central Asia under the sponsorship of the museum. He probably gained his greatest fame for bringing back the first known dinosaur eggs in 1933. Prior to that time, it was not known dinosaurs laid eggs.

Dr. Andrews gave the college plaster casts of his findings. On his trips, described as the biggest and most spectacular scientific expeditions any American had led up to that time, Dr. Andrews collected vast quantities of prehistoric remains. Among them was a complete skeleton of the giant cousin of the rhinoceros, the Baluchitherium, regarded as the largest mammal ever to walk the earth. He was director of the American Museum from 1935 to 1942.

Upon his retirement he settled in Colebrook, Connecticut, where he spent time writing. Dr. Andrews published several books and articles over the years. He died on March 11, 1960, and is buried in Beloit.