Henry Miles Wilbur

Background

Wilbur, Henry Miles was born on January 25, 1944 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert Leonard and Martha (Miles) Wilbur.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Duke U., 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1971.

Career

Assistant professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1973-1977; associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1977-1981; professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1981-1991; chairman, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1990-1991; B.F.D. Runk professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1991; director, Mount Lake Biological Station, Charlottesville, since 1991.

Achievements

• Henry Miles Wilbur has been listed as a noteworthy Zoologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Icthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society Naturalists (treasurer, president 1996), Ecological Society American (MacArthur award 1995), Society of Study of Evolution, Herpetologists League, British Ecological Society.

Connections

Married Dorothy Spates, January 27, 1967 (divorced December 1980). 1 child, Sarah; married Rebecca Burchell, May 22, 1981. Children: Helen, Lindsay.

Father:

Robert Leonard Wilbur

Mother:

Martha (Miles) Wilbur

Spouse:

Dorothy Spates

Spouse:

Rebecca Burchell

child:

Lindsay Wilbur

child:

Sarah Wilbur

child:

Helen Wilbur