John Warren Aldrich
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John Warren Aldrich (February 23, 1906 – May 3, 1995) was an American ornithologist.
Biography
Aldrich was born on February 23, 1906, in
Harry Oberholser. He met his love, Louise Kendall, in Cleveland, and went to Niagara Falls
in 1933.
Aldrich did much field work in numerous states, including:
MA degree in biology, in 1937. During the same year, he also got a PhD, from the same university. After the PhD, he was appointed as a curator of birds
at a museum.
In 1941, he became a PhD qualified biologist and joined
Fish and Wildlife Service, and next year was elected to the Washington Biologists’ Field Club.[1] Five years later, in 1947, he became a Chief of the Section of Distribution and Migration of Birds.[2] In 1951, under his supervision, both mammal and bird investigations were joined. His bird studies range from population to systematics, which was oriented toward better understanding of population segments and kinds. From 1959 to 1962 he was President
of WBFC, in which he stayed till he became an honorary member in 1982.
He retired in 1972, but still continued to work for Fish and Wildlife Service as an
Tucson, Arizona, where he, his daughter Betsy, her 3 sons, and his other daughter Jane, who came from California, lived. Aldrich died in Tucson from a stroke on May 3, 1995.[3]
Memory
After his death, a plaque was put up on a rock, which currently stands at Plummers Island, as a memory for his dedicated work in the ornithological field.
References
- ^ "Record Unit 9511: Oral history interviews with John Warren Aldrich 1975, 1977". SIA RU009511. Smithsonian Institution Archives. 1975–1977. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ "Bio - Aldrich, John". Washington Biologists' Field Club. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
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