Background
Parmelee, David Freeland was born on June 20, 1924 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Gale Freeland and Helen Dale (MacNaughton) Parmelee.
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David Freeland Parmelee
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David Freeland Parmelee, American Biologist, educator. Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow Explorers Club: member Organisation Biological Field Stations (president 1984-1985), British Ornithological Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, Wilson Ornithological Society, Nature Conservancy, British Ornithologists' Club.
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Education
Bachelor, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1950. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oklahoma, 1957.
Career
Graduate assistant, then instructor, U. Oklahoma, 1952-1958;
from assistant professor to professor biology, Kansas State University, Emporia, 1958-1970;
professor ecology and behavioral biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1970-1992;
chairman field biology program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1970-1984;
curator birds Bell Museum, University of Minnesota, 1985-1992;
research curator ornithology, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, since 1992. Director field operations bird virus and parasite research studies U. Oklahoma Medical Center, 1963-1965. Program director University of Minnesota Forestry and Biological Station, Lake Itasca, 1970-1986, Cedar Creek Natrual History Area, 1970-1984.
Lecturer on cruise vessels to Arctic and Antarctic for Travel Dynamics, New York City, since 1988, Space Expedition, Inc., Seattle, since 1993, Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow Explorers Club: member Organisation Biological Field Stations (president 1984-1985), British Ornithological Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, Wilson Ornithological Society, Nature Conservancy, British Ornithologists' Club. M C.
Connections
Son of Gale Freeland and Helen Dale (MacNaughton) P. M. Jean Marie Peterson, December 4, 1943. 1 daughter, Helen Gale.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1950
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1952
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1957
Career
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1952 - 1958
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1952 - 1958
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1958 - 1970
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1970 - 1992
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1985 - 1992
Awards
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Recipient Native Son award Rotary International, 1982. Grantee National Science Foundation-United States Antarctic Research Program, 1972-1990, Canadian Arctic Research Programs-National Science Foundation-Arctic Institute North America-National Museum Canada, 1953-1971. Recipient Conservation Education award Kansas Wildlife Federation, Conservation Education award Sears-Roebuck Foundation, 1965. Antarctic site named Parmelee Massif in his honor.Recipient Native Son award Rotary International, 1982. Grantee National Science Foundation-United States Antarctic Research Program, 1972-1990, Canadian Arctic Research Programs-National Science Foundation-Arctic Institute North America-National Museum Canada, 1953-1971. Recipient Conservation Education award Kansas Wildlife Federation, Conservation Education award Sears-Roebuck Foundation, 1965.
Antarctic site named Parmelee Massif in his honor.