John J. Flynn

Background

Flynn, John J. was born on August 10, 1955 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Jay and Phyllis B. (Allen) Flynn.

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, Yale University, 1977. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1979. Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1980.

Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1983.

Career

Lecturer department geology and geophysics Yale University, New Haven, 1982. Assistant professor geological science Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1982-1988. Associate curator department geology Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1988-1992, curator department geology, 1992—2004, chairman department geology, 1993-2000, MacArthur curator department geology, 1995—2004.

Frick curator American Museum Natural History, New York City, since 2004, chairman division paleontology, since 2005, dean Richard Gilder graduate school, since 2007. Co-chair Earth History and Global Change committee Systematics Agenda 2000, 1991-1996. Lecturer Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University Chicago, 1990-2005, associate chair, 1995-2004.

Adjunct professor department biological science University Illinois, Chicago, 1994-2004, City University of New York, since 2005. Adjunct professor department earth and environmental science Columbia University, since 2005.

Achievements

• John Jay Flynn has been listed as a noteworthy Museum curator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society Vertebrate Paleontology (chair affiliated society liaison 1986-1993, member development committee 1987-1989, since 2002, chair collections computerization committee 1990-1993, secretary 1993-1996, vice president 1996-1998, president 1998-2000, past president 2000-2002, Alfred Sherwood Romer prize 1982), Geological Society of America, The Paleontological Society, Society Systematic Biologists.

Connections

Married Alison L. Gold. Children: Rachel S., Peter J.