Background
Whistler, David Paul was born on June 15, 1940 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Paul and Jane Elisabeth (Thompson) Whistler.
Whistler, David Paul was born on June 15, 1940 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Paul and Jane Elisabeth (Thompson) Whistler.
Bachelor, University California, Riverside, 1963. Master of Arts, University California, Riverside, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1969.
Geologist United States Geological Survey Alaska Wilderness, 1965. Museum scientist University California, 1967—1969. Assistant professor geology Texas Technology University, Lubbock, 1969—1970.
Curator vertebrate paleontology Natural History Museum Los Angeles County, since 1970, assistant division chief, since 1977.
Member of Southern California Academy of Sciences (board directors 1973-1977), American Society Mammalogists, Society Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Paleontological Society, Society Vertebrate Paleontology (secretary-treasurer since 1984), Geological Society America.
Married Helen Mae Moore, February 1, 1964. Children: Jennifer Lynne, Cheryl Allyne.