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Bennett, Thomas Peter was born on October 8, 1937 in Lakeland, Florida, United States. Son of Thomas Edward and Hazel Dean (Smith) Bennett.
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Bennett, Thomas Peter was born on October 8, 1937 in Lakeland, Florida, United States. Son of Thomas Edward and Hazel Dean (Smith) Bennett.
AB, Florida State University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Rockefeller University, 1965.
Assistant professor biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1967-1971;
professor biology, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1971-1972;
professor biology, department chairman, Florida State University, Tallahasee, 1972-1976;
special assistant to president, acting vice president, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1975-1976;
president, Academy National Sciences, Philadelphia, 1976-1986;
director Florida Museum National History, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1986-1996;
professor department zoology, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1986-1996;
president, publisher, Science Svc., Washington, since 1996. Consultant biology edits W.H. Freeman Company, 1971. Board directors Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, since 1979.
Chairman Pennsylvania Museum Coalition, Philadelphia, 1979-1981.
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Board directors council Boy Scouts American, Phila, 1977-1985, Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia, 1976-1986. Founder, president Friends of Logan Square Foundation, Inc., Philadelphia, 1983-1986. Founder, chairman Museum Associates Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1978-1984.
Member Association National Science Institutions (chairman 1984-1986), Association Science Museum Directors (president 1986-1990), Linnean Society, The Explorers Club (board directors), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Gudrun Dorothea Staub, September 1, 1962. Children: Vanessa Hildegard, Alexander Staub.