Jack Allen Cranford

Background

Cranford, Jack Allen was born on December 23, 1939 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Allen Leland and Thelma (Skaug) Cranford.

Education

Associate of Arts, College of San Mateo, 1964; Bachelor in Biology, San Francisco State College, 1967; Master of Arts in Biology, San Francisco State College, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology, U. Utah, 1977.

Career

Commissioned First lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1960; advanced through grades to major, United States Air Force, 1966; resigned, United States Air Force, 1967; research assistant, Doctor J.G. Hall North Rim, Grand Canyon Park, 1970-1971; park naturalist, Mount Rainer National Park, Longmire, Washington, 1971-1972; professor biology, Hartnell College, Salinas, California, 1973; teaching fellow, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1974-1977; assistant professor zoology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1977-1983; associate professor zoology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, since 1983; professor mammalogy, Mount Lake Field Station, University of Virginia, Mount Lake, since 1989; Pratt postdoctoral fellow, 1993-1994; assistant director, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Museum of Natural History, Blacksburg, since 1992. Board directors VTIP Corporation, Blacksburg.

Achievements

• Jack Allen Cranford has been listed as a noteworthy Zoology educator, curator of mammals by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Mammalogists (life member 5 standing committees 1985-1991), Ecological Society American (life), British Ecological Society, Virginia Academy Science (secretary biology section 1980-1981, 92, chairman 1981-1982, 93, vice chairman 1991), Bat ConservationInternat., Sigma Xi (life).

Interests

• Avocations: hunting, fishing, boating.

Connections

Father:

Allen Leland Cranford

Mother:

Thelma (Skaug) Cranford