Background
Pitelka, Frank Alois was born on March 27, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank Joseph and Frances (Laga) Pitelka.
Pitelka, Frank Alois was born on March 27, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank Joseph and Frances (Laga) Pitelka.
Bachelor of Science with highest honors, University Illinois, 1939. Summer student, University Michigan, 1938. Summer student, University Washington, 1940.
Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 1997.
Member faculty, University of California at Berkeley, since 1944;
professor zoology, University of California at Berkeley, 1958-1997;
professor emeritus, 1985;
department chairman, University of California at Berkeley, 1963-1966, 69-71;
Miller research professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1965-1966;
curator birds, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, 1945-1963;
associate director, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, 1982-1997;
Executive Committee, Miller Institute Basic Research in Science, 1967-1971;
chairman, Miller Institute Basic Research in Science, 1967-1970. Panel environmental biology National Science Foundation, 1959-1962, panel polar programs, 1978-1980. Member panel biological and medical science, committee polar research National Academy Sciences,1960-1965.
Research associate Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, Barrow, Alaska,1951-1980. Ecological advising committee Atomic Energy Commission, 1956-1958. Advisory committees United States International Biological Program, 1965-1969.
Member of advisory committee U. Colorado Institute Arctic and Alpine Research, 1968-1973. Member United States Tundra Biome Program, 1968-1973, director, 1968-1969. Visiting professor U. Washington Friday Harbor Labs, summer 1968.
Member United States Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1970-1972.
Fellow Arctic Institute North America, American Ornithologists Union (Brewster award 1980), California Academy of Sciences (medal 1997), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Animal Behavior Society. Member Ecological Society of America (Mercer award 1953, Eminent Ecologist award 1992), Society Study Evolution, Cooper Ornithological Society (honorary member. President 1948-1950), British Ecological Society, American Society Mammalogists, American Society Naturalists, American Institute Biological Sciences, Western Society Naturalists (president 1963-1964), National Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Dorothy Getchell Riggs, February 5, 1943. Children: Louis Frank, Wenzel Karl, Vlasta Kazi Helen.