Background
Teal, John Jerome was born on February 7, 1921 in New York City. Son of John Jerome and Isabelle (O’Sullivan) Teal.
Teal, John Jerome was born on February 7, 1921 in New York City. Son of John Jerome and Isabelle (O’Sullivan) Teal.
Master of Arts, Yale University, 1946. First senior fellow McGill University Arctic Institute North. American, 1951-1952. Traveling fellow Carnegie Corporation, 1950-1951.
Research associate McGill University, 1951-1952.
Fellow Ford Foundation, 1958. Associate professor anthropology and geography U. Vermont, 1958-1959.
Professor human ecology U. Alaska, 1964-1977. Numerous arctic expeditions, 1946-1982.
President Institute Northern Agricultural.
Research, 1954-1982.
Served as pilot United States Army Air Force, World World War World World War World War II Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Society, Federation American Scientists, American Society Mammalogists, Norwegian Polar Society, New York Academy Sciences, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Sigma Xi. Special research domestication of musk ox.
Married Penelope Holden, May 6, 1950 (divorced 1971). Children: Pamela North., Ptarmigan P., John A., Lansing H. Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1944.