Edmund Davis Keiser

Background

Keiser, Edmund Davis was born on February 18, 1934 in Appalachia, Virginia, United States. Son of Edmund Davis and Ora Elizabeth (Wade) Keiser.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Southern Illinois U., 1956; Master of Science, Southern Illinois U., 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, Louisiana State University, 1967.

Career

Teacher science, Kinmundy High School, Illinois, 1956-1957; Teacher science, Mount Vernon Township School District, Illinois, 1957-1958; district science coordinator, Freeburg School District 70, Freeburg, Illinois, 1958-1962; instructor biology, La Salle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College, La Salle, Illinois, 1962-1964; teaching assistant, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1964-1966; assistant professor, U. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, 1966-1970; associate professor, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1970-1975; professor, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1976; member of council graduate coordinators, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1973-1976; professor biology, U. Mississippi, since 1976; department chairman, U. Mississippi, University, l976-87; professor biology, U. Mississippi, since 1976. Member Atchafalaya River Basin Research Council, l972-74. Member executive county, state director science teaching Louisiana Academy Sciences, l972-74.

Research associate Gulf South Research Institute, l972-74. Director Lafayette Natural History Museum and Planetarium, l973, Atchafalaya River Basin herpetofaunal study United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., l973-76. Member executive county Gopher Tortoise Society, l979-8l.

Commissioner Mississippi Department Wildlife Conservation, l978-79, 80-84, chairman, l983-84.

Membership

Member Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Committee, 1980-1984, Mississippi Governor's Select Committee on Radioactivity and Radioactive Waste Depository, 1979-1980. Environmental consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Lockheed Science and Engineering, 1990-1991, 94-95, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Sverdrup Engineering, 1994-1995. Consultant on aquatic ecosystem United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1992-1995, 98-.

Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration/GPTECH, since 1998, Mississippi Department Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, since 1998. Fellow Explorers Club. Member American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society for Study Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetologists League, National Exch.

Club, Civitans (Executive Committee Lafayette), Sigma Xi (chapter president 1976, 79-80), Beta Beta Beta, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Alice Sue Tucker, September l0, l982. Children: Mark Edmund, Julie Ann. Stepchildren: Louis King III, Jenifer King.

Father:

Edmund Davis Keiser

Mother:

Ora Elizabeth (Wade) Keiser

Spouse:

Alice Sue Tucker

child:

Louis King III Keiser

child:

Julie Ann Keiser

child:

Mark Edmund Keiser

child:

Jenifer King Keiser