Background
III, Edward Orlando Wiley was born on August 15, 1944 in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Son of Edward Orlando Junior and Helen Tomye W.
III, Edward Orlando Wiley was born on August 15, 1944 in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Son of Edward Orlando Junior and Helen Tomye W.
Bachelor of Science, S.W. Texas State University, 1966; Master of Science, Sam Houston State University, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, CUNY, 1976.
Assistant to senior curator National History Museum, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1976; from assistant professor to professor systematics and ecology, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1978. Research associate National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, since 1980. Co-chair speciation and evolutionary analysis committee Systematic Agenda 2000, Washington, 1992-1994.
Captain United States Air Force Reserve, 1967-1971. Fellow Linnean Society. Member American Society Zoologists (chair systematics section 1987), Society Systematic Biologists (president 1987), American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (Board of Governors since 1998), Sigma Xi.
Married Karen Sue Carpenter. Children: Thomas, Aaron, Jane.