W. Frank Blair

William Franklin Blair, known as Frank (25 June 1912 – 1984), was a zoologist and president of the Ecological Society of America.[1][2]

Early life

Blair was born in Dayton, Texas. He took his bachelor's degree in zoology at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1934. He gained his master's degree at the University of Florida the following year, and completed his doctorate at the University of Michigan in 1938.[1]

Career

He began to work at the University of Michigan's Laboratory of Vertebrate Biology in 1937, and then did military service in the Air Force Altitude Training and Survival programs during the war, returning to Michigan afterwards. Blair became professor at the University of Texas in 1955.[1][2]

Works
  • Vertebrates of the United States (lead author). 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1968.

Legacy

He is commemorated by the W. Frank Blair Eminent Naturalist Award.[3]

References
  1. "President W. Frank Blair" (PDF). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 43 (4): 105–106. December 1962.
  2. "A Guide to the W. Frank Blair Papers, 1935-1986". Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
  3. "W. Frank Blair Eminent Naturalist Award". BioMedSearch. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.