Background
Miller, Alden Holmes was born on February 4, 1906 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Loye Holmes and Anne (Holmes) Miller.
ornithologist paleontologist university professor
Miller, Alden Holmes was born on February 4, 1906 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Loye Holmes and Anne (Holmes) Miller.
He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1927, then enrolled in University of California Berkeley, receiving an Master of Surgery in 1928 and his Doctor of Philosophy in 1930 under Joseph Grinnell.
He published over 250 papers on the biology, distribution, and taxonomy of birds, and served as president of the American Ornithologists" Union (1953-1955) and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1964-1965), and as editor of The Condor from 1939 until his death. Alden Miller was born February 4, 1906 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Loye H. Miller, a noted professor and researcher Ten years later he succeeded Grinnell as the director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.
He is noted for his studies of Lanius (the largest genus of shrikes) and juncos (sparrow-like birds).
Miller"s approach to collections-based research employed "concepts, theories, practices, tools, and technologies from the laboratory, museum, and field"
Miller supervised around 30 doctoral students and 15 master"s students. list. and 15 master"s students, many of whom became notable ornithologists in their own right. Miller died of a heart attack at Clear Lake, California, on October 9, 1965, at the age of 59.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ornith. Union (president 1953-1956), California Academy Science. Member National Academy Sciences.
Member Zoological Society London.
Member British Ornith. Union; member American Society Naturalists, Society Study Evolution (vice president 1956-1957), Society Vertebrae Paleontology, American Society Zoological, American Society Mammalogy, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Cooper Ornithology Society (president 1948-1951), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
. Member Committee on Classification and Nomenclature North America Birds, 1940-1957, chairman since 1960.
Member International Commision on Zoological Nomenclature, president since 1963.
Married Virginia Elizabeth Dove, August, 1928. Children: Daniel Holmes, Barbara Dove, Patricia Lynn.