Craig Call Black

Background

Black, Craig Call was born on May 28, 1932 in Peking, China. Son of Arthur and Mary (Nichols) Black.

Education

AB, Amherst College, 1954; Master of Arts, Amherst College, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962.

Career

Geologist, Oklahoma Geological Survey, summer 1956; assistant curator, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1960-1962; curator, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1962-1970; director, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1975-1982; professor biology, U. Kansas, 1970-1972; director, Museum of Texas Technology U., Lubbock, 1970-1975; director, Los Angeles Museum Natural History, 1982-1994; vice chairman, United States-Mexico Foundation Science. Co-leader John F. Kennedy U. Western Museum Conference Seminar, 1983. Faculty American Law Institute-American Bar Association Course of Study in Legal Problems of Museum Administration, 1980, 82.

Co-director Museum Management Institute, University of California, Berkeley, summers, 1979, 80. Adjunct Professor U. Museum and department geology U. Colorado, since 1965. Adjunct Professor department of marine science University of Southern California, since 1987.

Adjunct Professor biology U. New Mexico, since 1994. Associate commission on evolution University of California at Los Angeles, since 1987.

Achievements

• Craig Call Black has been listed as a noteworthy museum administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Presidential appointee National Museum Svc. Board, 1982-1985, National Science Foundation, 1985-1990, Board Environment for the Americas, since 1991. Board directors United States/Mexico Foundation for Science,1994-, vice Chairman, Board Of Directors, since 1997.

Member review panel Institute of Museum Superior vena cava syndrome, Washington, 1978-1979, member policy panel, 1978-1980. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Museum (president 1980-1982, member of commission on music for a new century 1982-1984, member county since 1977), Explorers Club, Cosmos Club (Washington), Harvard Club (New York City).

Connections

Children— Christopher Arthur, Lorna Varn. Married Mary Elizabeth King, January 4, 1986.

Father:

Arthur Black

Mother:

Mary (Nichols) Black

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth King

child:

Christopher Arthur Black

child:

Lorna Varn Black