Background
Mooney, Harold Alfred was born on June 1, 1932 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of Harold Walter and Sylvia Anita Stefany.
Mooney, Harold Alfred was born on June 1, 1932 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of Harold Walter and Sylvia Anita Stefany.
He earned his Doctor of Philosophy at Duke University in 1960 and was employed by University of California-Los Angeles the same year.
He joined the staff at Stanford University in 1968. He is an expert on plants and the functioning of ecosystems from the Tropics to the Arctic. He is a highly cited scientist
Hal Mooney has served as chairman of the United States National Research Council Committee on Ecosystem Management for Sustainable Marine Fisheries.
He has been a coordinator of the United Nations Global Biodiversity Assessment (1995).
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Served with Army of the United States, 1953-1955. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society. Member Ecological Society American (president 1988-1989, Mercer award 1961, Eminent Ecologist 1996), British Ecological Society (honorary member), American Institute Biological Sciences (president 1994), International Council Science Unions (secretary general since 1996).
Married Sherry Lynn Gulmon, August 15, 1974. Children— Adria, Alyssa, Arica.