Background
James, Douglas Arthur was born on July 25, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur Collins James and Sigrid Elizabeth Hovey.
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James, Douglas Arthur was born on July 25, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur Collins James and Sigrid Elizabeth Hovey.
Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1946. Master of Science, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1957.
Faculty University Oklahoma, Norman, 1961—1964. Instructor University Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1953—1956, assistant professor, 1957—1962, associate professor, 1962—1969, professor, 1969—2004, university professor, since 2004. Fulbright professor University Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, 1970—1971, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1981—1982, University Belize, Belize, 1988—1989.
General ecologist United States Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1974—1976. Visiting scholar University Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1994—1995. Research associate United States Army Chemical Corps, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1953—1956, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, 1957—1981.
With United States Army, 1954-1956.
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Founding member Arkansas Audubon Society, Arkansas, 1955, Ozark Society, 1962. President Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society, 2009. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ornithologists Union.
Member: Wilson Ornithological Society (president 1977-1979), Sigma Xi (Arkansas) 1981-1982.
Married Elizabeth Mary Adam, July 25, 1985. Married Frances Rowe Crews James (divorced). Children: Sigrid K., Helen F., Avis C.