Background
Schindler, David William was born on August 3, 1940 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Edward William and Angeline Evelyn (Havel) Schindler.
Schindler, David William was born on August 3, 1940 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Edward William and Angeline Evelyn (Havel) Schindler.
Bachelor of Science, North Dakota State University, 1962; Doctor of Science (honorary), North Dakota State University, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, England, 1966; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Victoria, B.C., Canada, 1990.
Assistant professor, Trent U., Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 1966-1968; project leader, Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1968-1989; Killam memorial professor ecology, U. Alberta, Edmonton, since 1989.
Fellow Royal Society Canada (Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, 1994). Member International Limnological Society (national representative 1974-1978, Naumann-Thienemann medal 1989), American Geophysical Union, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Limnology and Oceanography (pres 1982-1983, General Electric Hutchinson medal 1984), Canada Society Limnologists (F.N. Rigler award 1984), Ecological Society American, Canada Zoological Society.
Married Suzanne Bayley, April 24, 1979. Children by previous marriage: Eva, Daniel, Rachel.