Charles Leigh Douglas

Background

Douglas, Charles Leigh was born on August 2, 1930 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Leigh and Vera Lois (Goodwin) Douglas.

Education

Student, University Alabama, 1954-1955; AB, Antioch College, 1959; Master of Science, Dartmouth College, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kansas, 1967.

Career

Biologist, Wetherill Mesa Project, Mesa Verde National Pk., Colorado, 1961-1964; curator of zoology, Texas Memorial Museum University Texas, Austin, 1966-1969; associate professor biology, Prescott (Arizona) College, 1969-1973; chairman Center Man & Environment, 1971-1973; partner, S.W. Environmental Cons., Prescott, Arizona, 1972-1975; senior researcher, National Park Svc., Las Vegas, since 1973. Director Faunal Analysis Laboratory, Boulder City, Nevada, since 1973. Adjunct Professor U. Nevada, Las Vegas, since 1973, Northern Arizona U., Flagstaff, 1977-1982.

Achievements

• Charles Leigh Douglas has been listed as a noteworthy Zoologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Amphibians and reptiles of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado,

    (Species accounts and discussion of the herpetofauna occur...)

  • Amphibians and Reptiles of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, 1966, University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 15, Number 15 : pages 711-744 with 2 plates and 6 figures.

Membership

With United States Air Force, 1951-1954. Member American Society Mammalogists, Ecological Society, Society for American Archeology, Arizona-Nevada Academy Science (president since 1993).

Connections

Married Virginia Turner, June, 1963 (divorced 1976). Children: Charles, James. Married Karen Stickley, Oct.8, 1977.

Father:

Charles Leigh Douglas

Mother:

Vera Lois (Goodwin) Douglas

Spouse:

Karen Stickley

Spouse:

Virginia Turner

child:

Charles Douglas

child:

James Douglas