Background
Barton, Alexander James was born on May 9, 1924 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Carnahan and Barbara (Eggers) Barton.
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Barton, Alexander James was born on May 9, 1924 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Carnahan and Barbara (Eggers) Barton.
Bachelor of Science, Franklin and Marshall College, 1946. Master of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1957.
Herpetologist, Highland Park Zoological Gardens, Pittsburgh, 1946-1952;
instructor biology, Stony Brook (New York) School, 1952-1963;
director admissions and finance aid, Stony Brook (New York) School, 1957-1963;
professional assistant, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1963-1965;
professional associate, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1965-1970;
program director, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1970-1988;
consultant, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1989-1995. Adjunct assistant professor biology C.W. Post College, Brookville, New York, 1961-1963. Chairman United States planning committee, member United States delegation United Nations Conference on Environmental Education, Tbilisi, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977.
Consultant science books Doubleday & Company, 1962-1964.
Extended military furlough serving as captain United States Navy, naval member OSD staff revising Reserve Officers' Personnel Management Act, 1981-1983. Director Savannah (Georgia) Natural History Museum, 1957. Chairman Federal Interagency subcommittee Environmental Education, 1980-1981.
Scoutmaster Allegheny County council Boy Scouts American, Pittsburgh, 1947-1952, member national advisory committee, 1950-1954, member executive council Suffolk County council, 1957-1963. Member International Committee on Endangered Reptiles and Amphibians, 1967-1974. Town councilman, since 1989.
Chairman Mayor's Commission on Youth, since 1990. Deacon Presbyterian Church, since 1946, lay preacher, 1954-1965, 89-93, commissioned lay pastor, since 1993, teacher adult bible class, 1964-1968, 88-91, elder, since 1990. Member advisory committee gifted and talented students Highland County Schools, Virginia, 1990-1994.
Pastor Presbyterian Churches of the North Fork, West Virginia, 1991-1998. Vice-chairman Highland County Architecture Review Board, 1995-1998, member, since 1998. Administrator United States National Park Svc./Virginia Department History Resources Project to Survey History Assets Monterey, 1996-1998.
Captain United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945, 81-83. Fellow Explorers Club. Member Academy Indiana Scholars (charter member), Arlington Rose Foundation (president 1970-1971), Potomac Rose Society (1st vice president 1972-1973, president 1974-1975, director 1976-1988, gold medal 1983), American Rose Society (vice chairman Colonial district 1971-1972, chairman 1985-1988, consultant rosarian 1970-1995, chairman national long-range planning committee 1973-1975.
Accredited rose show judge 1970-1977, life judge 1978-1995, general chairman national convention 1981, board directors 1985-1988, outstanding district judge award 1983, Silver Honor Medal 1984, director 1st national judges school 1991), Association Admissions Officers Indiana Secondary Schools (president 1959-1962), Herpetologists' League, United States Naval Institute (life), Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
Married Arlene Florence Arment, October 6, 1945. Children: Sandra, Lynne, Alexander James III.