Background
Bryde, F. Webster Mc was born on April 23, 1908 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of John McLaren and Flora O"N. (Webster) Molecular and Cellular Biology. Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University, 1930, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1967.
ecologist geographer consultant
Bryde, F. Webster Mc was born on April 23, 1908 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of John McLaren and Flora O"N. (Webster) Molecular and Cellular Biology. Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University, 1930, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1967.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1940. Postgraduate (research fellow) U. Colorado, 1930-1931, Clark University, 1931-1932.
Across Center American Maya Area,1927-1928. Geology teaching assistant Tulane University, 1929-1930, University of Utah-Smithsonian Uinta Ute Expedition, Northern Utah, 1931. Field fellow Clark University-Carnegie Institute, Washington, Guatemala, 1932.
Research fellow Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University, 1932-1933.
Teaching assistant geography University of California, Berkeley, 1933-1935, 37. Predoctoral field fellow social science Social Science Research Council New York, Guatemala and El Salvador, 1935-1936.
Instructor geography Ohio State University, 1937-1942, University of California at Los Angeles, 1940. Field fellow in natural scis.NRC, Washington, also Berkeley, Guatemala, Mexico, 1940-1941.
Expert consultant, senior geographer Military Intelligence, War Department, Washington, 1942-1945.
Lecturer geographyWestern Reserve University, 1944. Director Peruvian office Institute Social Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, Lima, 1945-1947. Director, organizer andwriter of curriculum Institute Geography, U. San Marcos, Lima, 1945-1947.
Special representative Institute Andean Research, Lima, 1947-1948.
Lecturer Foreign Svc. Institute, Department State, 1949-1953.
Professor geography U. Maryland., 1948-1959, consultant professor, 1959-1963. Chief geographer office of coordinator International Statistics United States Bureau Census, Washington and Latin American, 1948-1956.
Geographer, commission on 1950 Census of Americas, Inter-American Statistical Institute, consultant all American nations, 1948-1951.
Chief United States Census Mission, technical advisor 1st National Census of Ecuador, Quito, 1949-1951. Director regional planning Gordon A. Friesen Associations, Incorporated., San José, Costa Rica national master hospital plan, 1956-1958. Surveydir., senior author survey report, Greater Southeast Washington, District of Columbia Cmty.
Hospital, 1958-1959.
On contract to Executive Research Incorporated., New York City, presdl.campaign advisor President Villeda Morales, Honduras, 1957. United States representative, electoral advisor to President Ydigoras Fuentes, Guatemala, 1958-1964. President.F.W. McBryde Associations, Incorporated., Washington and Guatemala, 1958-1964.
Founder-president Inter-American Institute Modern Langs., Guatemala, 1962-1966.
Latin Am.cons. Institute Modern Langs., Washington, 1962-1966. Chief physical and cultural geography branch, natural resources division Inter-American Geodetic Survey, United States Army, Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, 1964-1965.
Field director Bioenviron. Program, Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic Sea-Level Canal Studies in Panama and Colombia (Atomic Energy Commission contract), 1965-1970, field director United States Army, Natick, Massachusetts, Andean ecology project, South America, 1967-1969, director project development program, Center American and Mexico, 1968-1969.
Consultant in ecology Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1970-1995.
Founder-director McBryde Center for Human Ecology, 1969-1995. Consultant in human ecology and Latin American, Transemantics, Incorporated., Washington, 1970-1995. With United Nations Development Program, ecologist (tourism), expert Jamaica, West Indies, 1971.
Hydrology ecologist, expert Parana River Navigation Improvement Project, Argentina, 1972.
Ecological consultant Battelle Meml.Inst., Panama and Brazil, 1972. United States Bureau Census geography adviser to Government of Honduras on cartography for 1973 population census, 1972.
Battelle consultant, procedural analysis in international project development, 1972. Ecologist World Bank environmental impact analysis Bayano River Hydroelectric Project, one-man mission to Panama.
Battelle consultant, ecologist, principal investigator and field coordinator, environmental impact study Darien GapHwy., Panama-Colombia for unites states department Transportation, 1973.
Consultant Enviro Plan. Chesapeake Bay ecology. Expert ecologist (biology) Engineer Agency for Resources Inventories, Civil Engineer, United States Army, Washington, 1974.
Director recruitment, director international business intelligence, 1975-1980, director Geography Research division Transemantics, Incorporated., Washington, 1975-1995.
Consultant geographer Census Office, Government of Honduras, 1981. Consultant ecologist United Nations Technology Cooperationand Development, Cerro Colorado Copper Mine, Panama, 1981.
Member national advanced.bd. American Security Council. Member Republican Senatorial Inner Circle, 1992-1995.
Fellow Explorers.
Married Frances Van Winkle, July 23, 1934. Children: Richard Webster, Sarah Elva, John McLaren.