Background
Hart, Charles Willard was born on January 30, 1928 in Farmville, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Willard and Etta Catharine (Sawyer) Hart.
Hart, Charles Willard was born on January 30, 1928 in Farmville, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Willard and Etta Catharine (Sawyer) Hart.
Bachelor, Hampden-Sydney (Virginia) College, 1949; Bachelor of Science, Hampden-Sydney (Virginia) College, 1950; postgraduate, Florida State University, 1950-1952, 53-54; Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1951.
Instructor biology, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland., 1954-1955; instructor biology, Randolph Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1955-1956; medical editor, Smith, Kline & French laboratories, Philadelphia, 1956-1958; editor science publications, Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1958-1970; director water pollution studies, Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1968-1974; assistant to director Natural History Museum,, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1974-1979; curator department invertebrate zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1979-1992; deputy chairman, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1985-1988; department chairman, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1988-1991; research scientist, curator, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1992-1996; research scientist emeritus, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1996.
Member Philadelphia Republican City Committee, 1966-1968. Board directors Archbold Center for Tropical Research, Dominica, 1987-1996. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Society Zoologists (commission on research in systematic biology 1974-1978), Crustacean Society (treasurer 1981-1985), Biological Society Washington (editor Procs. Biological Society Washington 1978-1980, secretary 1986-1988), Assn.Southeastern Biologists (editor ASB Bulletin 1961-1972, president 1970-1971), Council Biology Editors (treasurer 1968-1971), Cosmos Club, Cosmos Club Foundation (trustee since 1998), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Margaret Waddell Gordon, September 17, 1957 (divorced January 1958). Married Nancy Dabney Gardner, June 9, 1962.