Background

Rottiers, Donald Victor was born on October 20, 1938 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Son of Victor Bernard Rottiers and Mildred Lavira (Willis) Leaym.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1963; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1990.

Career

Fishery aid, United States Fish & Wildlife Svc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1962-1965; fishery biologist, United States Fish & Wildlife Svc., Marquette, Michigan, 1965-1968; fishery biologist, United States Fish & Wildlife Svc., Ann Arbor, 1968-1979; physiologist, United States Fish & Wildlife Svc., Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, 1979-1993. Instructor Mansfield (Pennsylvania) U., 1992-1993 (retired), Oakland Community College, Michigan, 1996.

Achievements

• Achievements include research on the effects of diet, photoperiod, temperature, salinity, season and disease on growth, survival, smoltification and migration of Atlantic salmon as part of a program to reestablish the species in the Merrimack River.

Membership

Member American Fishery Society.

Connections

Married Karla Emily Hildebrandt, January 6, 1962. Children: Victor Bernard, Jamie Lee.

Father:

Victor Bernard Rottiers Leaym

Mother:

Mildred Lavira (Willis) Leaym

Spouse:

Karla Emily Hildebrandt

child:

Jamie Lee Rottiers

child:

Victor Bernard Rottiers