Background
Brattstrom, Bayard Holmes was born on July 3, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Wilber LeRoy and Violet (Holmes) Brattstrom.
Brattstrom, Bayard Holmes was born on July 3, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Wilber LeRoy and Violet (Holmes) Brattstrom.
Bachelor of Science, San Diego State College, 1951. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1959.
Director education, Natural History Museum, San Diego, 1949-1951;
assistant curator herpetology, Natural History Museum, 1949-1951;
associate zoology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1954-1956;
research fellow paleoecology, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1955;
instructor biology, Adelphi U., Garden City, New York, 1956-1960;
assistant professor, California State University, Fullerton, 1960-1961;
associate professor, California State University, 1961-1966;
professor, California State University, 1966-1994;
professor emeritus, California State University, since 1994. Researcher, author publications in osteology, ecology, conservation, zoogeography of vertebrates, social behavior. Honorary research associate herpetology, vertebrate paleontology Los Angeles County Museum, since 1961.
President FullertonYouth Museum and Natural Science Center, 1962-1964, director, 1962-1966. Associate professor zoology University of California at Los Angeles, summers 1962-1963. Visiting professor zoology Sydney U., Australia, 1978, U. Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1984.
Visiting researcher James Cook U., Townsville, Australia, 1993-1994. Ecological consultant to numerous governmental agys. private corporations.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member council 1965-1990), Herpetological League. Member American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (board governors 1962-1966, vice president western division 1965), Orange County Zoological Society (member board 1962-1965, president 1962-1964), Southern California Academy of Sciences (director 1964-1967), Ecological Society of America, Society for Study Evolution, Society Systematic Zoology, San Diego Society Natural History, Society Vertebrate Paleontology, American Society Mammalogists, Cooper Ornithological Society, American Ornithological Society, American Society Zoologists, Sigma Xi.
Married Cecile D. Funk, June 15, 1952 (divorced May 1975). Children: Theodore Allen, David Arthur. Married Martha Isaacs Marsh, July 8, 1982 (deceased May 26, 2009).