Allen Haydon Benton

Background

Benton, Allen Haydon was born on September 4, 1921 in Ira, New York, United States. Son of Haydon Willey and Pearl Amelia (Diddy) Benton.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1948; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1952.

Career

Junior wildlife biologist, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1949; assistant professor biology, State University of New York-Albany, 1949-1957; associate professor, State University of New York-Albany, 1957-1962; professor biology, State University of New York-Fredonia, 1962-1973; distinguished teaching professor, State University of New York-Fredonia, 1973-1984; faculty exchange scholar, State University of New York-Fredonia, 1975-1984; professor emeritus, State University of New York-Fredonia, since 1984. Visiting professor Stephen F. Austin College, 1957, Concord College, Athens, West Virginia, 1969-1970, University of Minnesota Biological Station, 1970. Consultant Nuclear Fuel Services Inc., Florida Arthropod Collection, Roger Tory Peterson Institute for the Study of Natural History.

Achievements

• Allen Haydon Benton has been listed as a noteworthy biology professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Birding Through Life: Wanderings of a Born Birder

    (The author blends a scientist's curiosity with a contagio...)

  • An atlas of the fleas of the Eastern United States
  • Birding Through Life: Wanderings of a Born Birder by Benton, Allen H (2004) Paperback

Membership

Served with cavalry United States Army, 1942-1946. Member American Ornithologists Union, American Society Mammalogists, Wilson Ornithological Society, Federation New York State Bird Clubs (president), New York State Ornithological Association, Inc., Parent-Teachers Association (life), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Marjorie Lois Hall, August 16, 1947. Children: Thomas Hall, Christopher Allen, Holly Anne.

Father:

Haydon Willey Benton

Mother:

Pearl Amelia (Diddy) Benton

Spouse:

Marjorie Lois Hall

child:

Holly Anne Benton

child:

Christopher Allen Benton

child:

Thomas Hall Benton