Background
Anthony, Harold Elmer was born on April 5, 1890 in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. Son of Alfred Webster and Anabel (Klink) Anthony.
Anthony, Harold Elmer was born on April 5, 1890 in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. Son of Alfred Webster and Anabel (Klink) Anthony.
Student Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1910-1911. Bachelor of Science, Columbia, 1915, Master of Arts, 1920. Doctor of Science, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1934.
1 son, Alfred Webster. Married second, Margaret Feldt, February 22, 1922. Children—Gilbert Chase, Margery Stuart.
Field agent United States Biological Survey, 1910-1911.
Staff American Museum Natural History 1911-1958. Associate curator of mammals, 1919-1926, curator, 1926-1958, chairman 1942-1958, honorary curator department conservation and general ecology, 1953-1956, dean Council of Scientific Staff, 1942-1947, 51-52, 55-56, deputy director of music, 1952-1958.
Curator Frick Laboratory, from 1958.
Member advisory board National Parks Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments of National Park Service, unites states department Interior, 1946-1954. Member committee for preservation of natural conditions Ecological Union, 1946-1949. Member Commission Institute of Belgian Congo, 1948-1954.
Member of the Committee Foundation for Study of Cycles, 1948. Fellow New York, California academics science, New York Zoöl. Society,; Clubs: Men's Garden of New York (president 1956-1957), Boone and Crockett.
Married Edith Irwin Demerel, April. Married second, Margaret Feldt, February 22, 1922. Children: Gilbert Chase, Margery Stuart.