Background
James, Frances Crews was born on September 29, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Frances Crews James
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Education
She studied geographic variation in the size and shape of birds, leading to transplant experiments with red-winged blackbirds and to tests of the theoretical assumptions underlying selection models.
Career
Summer research assistant, American Museum Natural History, NYC, 1950;
graduate teaching assistant, Louisiana State University, 1952-1954;
part time instructor, botany, zoology, and physical education, U. Arkansas, 1960-1970;
research associate, U. Arkansas Museum, 1971-1973;
assistant program director ecology, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1973-1976;
associate program director, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1976;
associate professor and curator of birds and mammals, Florida State University, 1977-1984;
professor and curator of birds and mammals, Florida State University, since 1984. Instructor summer faculty University of Minnesota, 1978-1981. Visiting professor fall semester Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1988.
Research associate spring semester SmithsonianInst., 1989. Advisory county Systematic and Environmental Biology, SmithsonianFgn. Currency Program, 1983-1987.
Member nongame wildlife advisory program Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, 1985-1986. Board directors World Wildlife Fund/Conservation Foundation, Cornell Laboratory Ornithology, American Institute Biological Sciences. Central committee member International Ornithological Congress.
Committee member National.Rsch.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Society Systematic Zoology. Member American Ornithologist Union (president 1984-1986, fellow 1976, permanent member county, since 1984, Eliot Coues award 1992), Wilson Ornithological Society, American Institute Biological Sciences (president 1997), Cooper Ornithological Society.
Connections
Divorced; children: Sigrid Bonner, Helen Olson, Avis James.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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National Science Foundation grantee 1979, 80, 83, 92-94, 96-, United States Fish and Wildlife Svc. grantee, 1980 (2), FSU Foundation grantee, 1982, 91, National Geographic Society grantee 1983 (2), 1984, 85, 86, 87, 88, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Comm. grantee, 1986-1987, Cayahoga Trust grantee, since 1986, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grantee, 1990-1992, R. G. Crews Fund grantee, since 1990, Conservation and Research Found grantee, 1991.National Science Foundation grantee 1979, 80, 83, 92-94, 96-, United States Fish and Wildlife Svc. grantee, 1980 (2), FSU Foundation grantee, 1982, 91, National Geographic Society grantee 1983 (2), 1984, 85, 86, 87, 88, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Comm. grantee, 1986-1987, Cayahoga Trust grantee, since 1986, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grantee, 1990-1992, R. G. Crews Fund grantee, since 1990, Conservation and Research Found grantee, 1991.