Jason Arthur Lillegraven

Background

Lillegraven, Jason Arthur was born on October 11, 1938 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. Son of Arthur Oscar and Agnes Mae (Eaton) Lillegraven.

Education

Bachelor, Long Beach State College, 1962; Master of Science, South Dakot School Mines and Technology, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kansas, 1968.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow Department Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1969; from assistant professor to professor zoology, San Diego State University, 1969-1975; from associate professor to professor geology and zoology, U. Wyoming, Laramie, since 1975; associate dean College Arts and Sciences, U. Wyoming, Laramie, 1984-1985. Program director National Science Foundation Systematic Biology, Washington, 1977-1978. Associate deanU. Wyoming College Arts and Sciences, 1984-1985, temporary joint appointment Department Geography, 1986-1987.

United States senior scientist Institute for Paleontology Free U., Berlin, 1988-1989. Member of advisory panel geology and paleontology program National Science Foundation, since 1997.

Achievements

• Jason Arthur Lillegraven has been listed as a noteworthy Paleontologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Mammalogists, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Paleontological Society, Society Vertebrate Paleontology (president 1985-1986), Linnean Society London, Society Mammalian Evolution, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Bernice Ann Hines, Sept.5, 1964 (divorced February 1983). Children: Brita Anna, Ture Andrew. Married Linda Elizabeth Thompson, June 5, 1983.

Father:

Arthur Oscar Lillegraven

Mother:

Agnes Mae (Eaton) Lillegraven

Spouse:

Linda Elizabeth Thompson

Spouse:

Bernice Ann Hines

child:

Ture Andrew Lillegraven

child:

Brita Anna Lillegraven