George Oliver Batzli

Background

Batzli, George Oliver was born on September 23, 1936 in Minneapolis. Son of Oscar H. and Bertha M. Batzli.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1959; Master of Arts in Biology, San Francisco State University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (Ecology), University of California, Berkeley, 1969.

Career

Research associate, University of California, Davis, 1969-1971; lecturer biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1971; assistant professor zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1971-1976; associate professor ecology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1976-1980; professor ecology, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1980; head department ecology, ethology and evolution, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1983-1988, 95-97. Senior scientist research in arctic environs., 1976-1978, member ecology program advisory panel National Science Foundation, 1984-1987. Research scientist Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand, 1979.

Chairman ecology program University of Illinois, 1976-1982.

Achievements

• George Oliver Batzli has been listed as a noteworthy Ecology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow National Science Foundation, 1962-1963, National Institutes of Health, 1967-1969, 69-71, Zoological Institute U. Oslo, Norway, 1982. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Mammalogy, Ecological Society American, British Ecological Society, Intecol, American Society Naturalists, Company Nutrition Society.

Connections

Married Sandra Lou Scharf, January 2, 1959. Children— Jeffrey, Samuel.

Father:

Oscar H.

Mother:

Bertha M. Batzli

Spouse:

Sandra Lou Scharf