Background
Mitchell, Joseph Calvin was born on August 16, 1948 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Calvin Nathaniel and Anna Kathleen (Hott) Mitchell.
Mitchell, Joseph Calvin was born on August 16, 1948 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Calvin Nathaniel and Anna Kathleen (Hott) Mitchell.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Virginia Commonwealth U., 1974; Master of Science in Zoology, Arizona State University, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology, U. Tennessee, 1982.
Instructor, U. Richmond, Virginia, 1980-1984;
research biologist, U. Richmond, Virginia, 1984-1989;
private practice consultant ecologist, Richmond, since 1989. Visiting assistant professor College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, fall 1990, U. Richmond, 1990. Member of advisory board Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, 1985-1988.
Chairman Herpetology committee Virginia Department Game and InlandFisheries, Richmond, 1988-1991. Consultant Virginia Power, Richmond, 1989-1991.
Corporal, United States Marine Corps, 1966-1970. Member American Society Ichtyhologists and Herpetologists, Society Study Amphibians and Reptiles, Ecological Society American, Herpetologists League (secretary 1986-1995, vice president since 1996).
Married Virginia Talley, August 6, 1973 (divorced 1979). 1 child, Tanya Suzanne. Married Wendy Ruth Hoilman, March 31, 1979.
Children: Joshua Costello, Justin Randolph, Wendy Elizabeth.