Background
Carpenter, Charles Congden was born on June 2, 1921 in Denison, Iowa, United States. Son of Harry Alonzo and Myrtle Ruth (Barber) Carpenter.
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Charles Congden Carpenter
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Charles Congden Carpenter, American Zoologist, educator. Recipient Distinguished Alumni award Northern Michigan U., 1972; Regents award University Oklahoma, 1980; numerous grants National Science Foundation; numerous grants New York Zoological Society; numerous grants U. Oklahoma Alumni Development Fund; numerous grants U. Oklahoma Research Institute, since 1951.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Northern Michigan College Education, Marquette, 1943; postgraduate, Tarleton State College, Stephenville, Texas, 1943-1944; postgraduate, Stanford University, 1944; postgraduate, Wayne U., 1945; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1951.
Career
Laboratory assistant zoology, Northern Michigan College Education, 1941-1943;
teaching assistant zoology, University of Michigan, 1946;
assistant herpetology and mammalogy, Biological Station, summer 1948;
teaching fellow zoology, Biological Station, 1947-1951;
instructor zoology, Biological Station, 1951-1952;
instructor, U. Oklahoma Biological Station, Norman, summer 1952;
instructor, U. Oklahoma, 1953;
assistant professor zoology, U. Oklahoma, 1953-1959;
associate professor zoology, curator reptiles, U. Oklahoma and
associate professor zoology, curator reptiles, U. Oklahoma Biological Station, 1959-1966;
professor zoology, curator reptiles, U. Oklahoma Biological Station, 1966-1987;
professor emeritus zoology, curator emeritus reptiles and amphibians, U. Oklahoma Biological Station, 1988;
research associate in herpetology, Dallas Zoo, 1980. Expeditions and field studies University of Michigan Paleontological Expedition, Kansas and, Colorado, 1947, Jackson Hole Research station, Grand Teton National Park, 1951, field trips throughout, Mexico and. S.W., United States, since 1979.
Galapagos Islands Expedition, 1962. Expeditions to islands of Gulf of California, 1964. Invitedscientist member Galapagos International Science Project to Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and.
Cocos Island, since 1964. Secretary Animal Research Council, Oklahoma City Zoo, 1972-1974, 78—, chairman, 1980.
Achievements
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow Animal Behavior Society (secretary 1966-1968), Oklahoma Academy Science (president 1970, Outstanding Scientist award 1991), Herpetologist League (vice president 1972-1973, president 1974-1975). Member American Ornithologists Union, American Society Zoologists, American Institute Biological Science, Ecological Society American, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Wilson Ornithological Society, Southwestern Association Naturalists (Board of Governors 1965-1968, president 1968-1969, permanent secretary 1971-1976, W. Frank Blair award 1987), American Society Mammalogists, British Ecological Society, Society Study Amphibians and Reptiles, Explorers Club, Wilderness Society, NatureConservancy, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma.
Connections
Married Mary F. Pitynski, September 2, 1947. Children— Janet Eleanor, Caryn Sue, Geoffrey Congden.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Distinguished Alumni award Northern Michigan U., 1972. Regents award University Oklahoma, 1980. Numerous grants National Science Foundation. Numerous grants New York Zoological Society. Numerous grants U. Oklahoma Alumni Development Fund. Numerous grants U. Oklahoma Research Institute, since 1951.Recipient Distinguished Alumni award Northern Michigan U., 1972. Regents award University Oklahoma, 1980. Numerous grants National Science Foundation.
Numerous grants New York Zoological Society. Numerous grants U. Oklahoma Alumni Development Fund. Numerous grants U. Oklahoma Research Institute, since 1951.