Background
Baird, Donald was born on May 12, 1926 in Pittsburgh. Son of George Mahaffey Patterson and Mary Alma Barton (Johnson) Baird.
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Donald Baird
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Bachelor of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1948. Master of Science, University Colorado, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy (Jeffries Wyman scholar), Harvard University, 1955.
Career
Assistant geologist Pennsylvania Topographical and Geological Survey, 1947-1949. Curator University Cincinnati Museum, 1949-1951. Assistant curator vertebrate paleontology Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1954-1957.
Member staff Museum Natural History, Princeton University, since 1957, curator, 1967-1974, director, since 1974, also curator vertebrate paleontology. President Princeton Junior Museum, 1968-1970. Research associate American Museum Natural History, New York City, since 1964.
Research associate Academy Natural Sciences Philadelphia, since 1984, Carnegie Museum Natural History, Pittsburgh, since 1984. Consultant, photographer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member Society Vertebrate Paleontology (president 1984-1985), Paleontological Society, Palaeontol. Association, Society History Archaeology, New Jersey Academy of Sciences, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, History Society Princeton, Old Barracks Association, Princeton Battlefield Area Preservation Society (trustee).
Connections
Married Lucille Bailey, February 14, 1948 (deceased). Children: Andrew Baird, Laurel Jean.
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Political Party
Democrat