Background
Swigart, Edmund Kearsley was born on March 30, 1931 in Milwaukee. Son of Harry Marshall and Lucie Constance (Emerson).
Swigart, Edmund Kearsley was born on March 30, 1931 in Milwaukee. Son of Harry Marshall and Lucie Constance (Emerson).
Bachelor in English, Yale University, 1954. Master of Science in Conservation, Yale University, 1956. Postgraduate, Rutgers University, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Columbia Pacific University, 1985.
Field research scientist Housatonic Valley Planning Association, New Haven, 1955—1956. Instructor workshops National Audubon Society,, Damariscotta, Maine, 1956, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1957—1958. Instructor biology, earth science Gunnery School, Washington, 1960—1973.
Instructor archaeology, 1973—1976. Instructor ecology, 1976—1979. Director American Indian Archeological Institute, Washington, 1976—1983, 1985—1987.
President, 1971—1983. Chairman board, 1983—1985. Lecturer, consultant American Indian, conservation, museums and fund raising, since 1988.
Board directors Eliot Pratt Outdoor Education Center, since 1978. First chairman Washington Conservation Commission, 1970—1972. Board directors Wykeham Rise School, since 1983.
Secretary, since 1985. Member of Litchfield Hills Audubon Society, National Audubon Society, Steep Rock Association, Housatonic Valley Association, Eastern States Archeological Federation, Archeological Society Connecticut, Masons, Lions Club, Adirondack League, Rod and Gun Club.
Married Deborah Waite Herold, September 11, 1954. Children: Lucie Thayer, Edmund Kearsley, Paul Marshall.