Carl William Buchheister

Background

Buchheister, Carl William was born on January 20, 1901 in Baltimore. Son of George Albrecht and Mary Hermine (Koch) Buchheister.

Education

Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1923; postgraduate Latin and Greek, Johns Hopkins University, 1923-1925; Doctor of Laws, Pace College HHD, Bowdoin College.

Career

Teacher Lation, Park School, Baltimore, 1925-1926, Lawrence School, Hewlitt, Long Island, New York, 1927-1936. Founder, director Camp Mocassin, private boys' camp, Lochmere, New Hampshire, 1926-1934. Director Audubon Camp of Maine for teachers, adult leaders, Medomak, 1936-1957.

Executive director Massachusetts Audubon Society, 1936-1939. Assistant director National Audubon Society, 1940-1944, senior vice president, 1944-1959, president, 1959-1967, president emeritus, 1967-1986.

Achievements

• Carl William Buchheister has been listed as a noteworthy Conservationist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Edward Ball Wildlife Foundation, National Audubon Southern, Greenwich, Connecticut, Alice Rich Northrop Association, 1950-1960, past honorary president. Board directors Chewonki Foundation, Inc., Canada Audubon Society, 1960-1967. Member National Parks Association (past director), American Forestry Association (honorary vice president 1963), American Ornithologists' Union, Wilson Ornithological CLub, New York Zoological Society, Linnaean Society New York, Johns-Hopkins Alumni Association (president New York, New Jersey, Connecticut 1958-1960), Omicron Delta Kappa, Century Association Club, Johns Hopkins Club of New York City.

Connections

Married Harriet Nettleton Gillilan, December 26, 1924. Children: Harriet Ann (Mistress Louis C. Reggio), Mary Carol, (Mistress Robert L. Massonneau), Elizabeth Clare (Mistress Thomas C. Shortell).

Father:

George Albrecht Buchheister

Mother:

Mary Hermine (Koch) Buchheister

Spouse:

Harriet Nettleton Gillilan

child:

Mary Carol Buchheister

child:

Harriet Ann Buchheister (Mistress Louis C. Reggio)

child:

(Mistress Robert L. Massonneau) Buchheister

child:

Elizabeth Clare Buchheister (Mistress Thomas C. Shortell)