Background
Kay, Fenton Ray was born on October 10, 1942 in Pacolma, California, United States. Son of Lyle E. Kay and Donna F. (Estill) Allan.
environmental scientist/biologist
Kay, Fenton Ray was born on October 10, 1942 in Pacolma, California, United States. Son of Lyle E. Kay and Donna F. (Estill) Allan.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, University Nevada, 1967. Master of Science in Zoology, University Nevada, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, New Mexico State University, 1974.
Postgraduate, New Mexico State University, 1983.
Member of faculty, California State University, Los Angeles, 1976-1978;
senior ecologist, Henningson, Durham & Richardson Sciences Division, Santa Barbara, California, 1978-1979;
senior subject matter specialist, Open Joint-Stock Company (Russian: Открытое Aкционерное Oбщество) Corporation and Kentron International, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1979-1982;
operations manager, Open Joint-Stock Company (Russian: Открытое Aкционерное Oбщество) Corporation, White Sands Missile Range, 1982-1983;
treasurer, Central European Initiative Corporation, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1979-1982;
habitat staff biologist, Nevada Department Wildlife, Reno, 1984-1990;
principal ecologist, Kayrat Superior vena cava syndrome, 1990-1992;
supervisor natural resources databases, Arizona Game and Fish Department, 1992-1993;
senior environmental scientist, Proteus Corporation, Albuquerque, since 1993. Member of faculty West Coast U., 1992, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, 1984-1989, West Nevada Community College, Carson City, 1988, U. Nevada, Reno, 1988. Consultant Nevada State Museum, Carson City, 1983-1984.
Visiting scientist Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, 1977.
Active Citizen's Advisory Committee on Endangered Species, Las Vegas, 1968. Member American Society Mammalogists, Ecological Society of America, Herpetologists' League, Southern Nevada Herpetol. Society (founder 1967), Society Conservation Biology, Desert Tortoise Council, Sigma Xi (grantee 1973).
Married Carol Ann Rolph, June 13, 1971 (divorced January 1985). Children: Aelene B., Jennifer M. Married Peggy Foley, September 2, 1990 (divorced February 1994).