 Gleason was born in Fresno , California , the youngest of three children ; his father Henry Gleason was a botanist and a member of the Mayflower Society , and his mother was the daughter of Swiss @-@ American winemaker Andrew Mattei . His older brother Henry , Jr. became a linguist . He grew up in Bronxville , New York , where his father was the curator of the New York Botanical Garden . 
