Edwin Lewis Bell II

Background

II, Edwin Lewis Bell was born on May 13, 1926 in Danville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edwin Massie and Rachael Naomi (Snyder) B.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Bucknell U., 1948; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1954.

Career

Assistant professor biology, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1952-1954; assistant professor biology, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1954-1961; associate professor biology, Albright College, 1961-1966; professor biology, Albright College, 1966-1991; emeritus professor biology, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, since 1991; department chairman biology, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1961-1984; preprofessional advisor health science, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1961-1987; director biological science curriculum study inservice institute, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1966-1967; archival library, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania. Adjunct teacher Temple University, Reading. Pennsylvania, 1966-1968.

Achievements

• Edwin Lewis Bell II has been listed as a noteworthy Biology educator, herpetologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

1st treasurer, board directors Friends of Reading Museum. Committee chairman, cubmaster local chapter Boy Scouts American. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pennsylvania Academy Science, Herpetologists' League, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Maryland.

Herpetological Society, Lehigh Valley Herpetological Association, Arizona Herpetological Association.

Interests

• Avocations: stamp collecting, photography.

Connections

Married Frances Louise Reichard, December 27, 1950. Children: Ernest Michael, Stephen Thomas, Eric Leslie.

Father:

Edwin Massie B.

Mother:

Rachael Naomi (Snyder) B.

Spouse:

Frances Louise Reichard

child:

Stephen Thomas II

child:

Eric Leslie II

child:

Ernest Michael II