Background
Stearns, Forst W. was born on September 10, 1918 in Milwaukee. Son of Perry J. and Maebelle (Brook) Stearns.
Stearns, Forst W. was born on September 10, 1918 in Milwaukee. Son of Perry J. and Maebelle (Brook) Stearns.
AB, Harvard University, 1939. Master in Public Health, University Wisconsin, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1947.
Assistant professor Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1947-1957. Ecologist, project leader Southern Forest Experiment Station, United States Forest Service, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1957-1961. Project leader, wildlife habitat Lek States Forest Experiment Station, St. Paul, 1961-1964, North Carolina Forest Experiment Station, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 1964-1968.
Professor University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1968-1987, professor emeritus, 1987-1999. Chair Wisconsin Science Areas Preservation Council, Madison, 1975-1989. Consultant Conservation Foundation, Washington, 1986-1988.
Member technical committee Southeast Wisconsin Coalition for Clean Air, Milwaukee, 1976-1982. 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America (president 1975-1976, editor), The Wildlife Society, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (council 1976-1979, editor Transactions 1978-1981, Citation 1986).
Married Hope Hartley, April 23, 1943 (deceased September 1953). Children: Carlin, Andrea, Jay. Married Ruth Heitz, August 3, 1956.
1 child, Timothy (deceased).