Franklin Hershel Barnwell

Background

Barnwell, Franklin Hershel was born on October 4, 1937 in Chattanooga. Son of Columbus Hershel and Esther Bernice (Ireland) Barnwell.

Education

Bachelor, Northwestern University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1965.

Career

Instructor biological science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1964; research associate, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1965-1967; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1967-1970; from assistant professor to professor zoology, ecology and behavioral biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1970; head department ecology, evolution and behavior, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1986-1993. Member of advisory panel National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963-1967, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1980. Faculty Organisation for Tropical Studies, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1966-1985, board directors.

National Confs. on Underground Research, board directors, treasurer, 1990-1996. Investigator research R/V Alpha Helix, various locations, 1979, visiting scientist.

Achievements

• Franklin Hershel Barnwell has been listed as a noteworthy Zoology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Linnean Society London. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Zoologists, Internat.Soc. for Chronobiology, Associations Organisation for Tropical Studies, Crustacean Society (founding and sustaining member, board directors, secretary since 1991), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Adrienne Kay Knox, June 13, 1959. 1 child, Elizabeth Brooks.

Father:

Columbus Hershel Barnwell

Mother:

Esther Bernice (Ireland) Barnwell

Spouse:

Adrienne Kay Knox

child:

Elizabeth Brooks Barnwell