Frank Lance Craighead

Background

Craighead, Frank Lance was born on August 8, 1947 in Jackson, Wyoming, United States. Son of Frank C. Junior and Esther (Stevens) Craighead.

Education

Bachelor, Carleton College, 1969; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, Montana State University, 1994.

Career

Marine biologist, United States Peace Corps, Suva, Fiji, 1970-1973; biologist, volunteer, Smithsonian Institution, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1973; biologist, contractor, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Juneau, Alaska., 1975-1976; raptor biologist, contractor, United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., Fairbanks, Alaska., 1981; game biologist, Alaska Department Fish and Game, Wrangell, 1982-1983; biologist, Wildlife-Wildlands Institute, Missoula, Montana, 1984-1986; consultant biologist, Alaska Biological Research, Fairbanks, since 1981; consultant ecologist, BioSystems Analysis Inc., Santa Cruz, California, 1992-1994; director, Craighead Environmental Research Institute, Moose, Wyoming, since 1978; science coordinator, Americans Wildlands, Bozeman, Montana, since 1995. 1st vice president Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, Jackson, since 1987. Affiliate assistant professor department biology Montana State University, Bozeman, since 1995.

Achievements

• Frank Lance Craighead has been listed as a noteworthy conservation biologist, researcher, geneticist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society for Conservation Biology, International Bear Association, The Wildlife Society, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, kayaking, climbing.

Connections

Married April Charmaine Hudoff, October 15, 1965.