Joseph Marvin Erwin

Background

Erwin, Joseph Marvin was born on April 20, 1941 in Scotia, California, United States. Son of James Alexander and Shirley Virginia Erwin.

Education

Bachelor in Psychology, U. Pacific, Stockton, California, 1967; Master of Arts in Psychobiology, University of California, Davis, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychobiology, University of California, Davis, 1974.

Career

Behavioral biologist School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1973-1974; research associate, U. Washington, Seattle, 1974-1977; assistant professor, scientist, Peabody College, Nashville, 1977-1978; adjunct associate professor, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1978-1982; curator of primates, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Illinois, 1982-1985; associate editor National Geography Research, National Geography Society, Washington, 1985-1988; primatologist, vice president, head division neurobiology/behavior, Diagnon Corporation and Bioqual, Inc., Rockville, Maryland., since 1988. Research professor psychology American U., Washington, 1985-1989. Courtesy associate professor anthropology U. Oregon, Eugene, since 1992.

Chairman advisory board National Center for Study of Aging in Chimpanzees, Alamogordo, New Mexico, since 1996. United States coordinator Sulawesi (Indonesia) Primate Project, since 1985. Lecturer, study leaderSmithsonian Study Tours, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, 1992, 98.

Principal investigator Great Ape Aging Project, since 1997.

Achievements

• Joseph Marvin Erwin has been listed as a noteworthy Neurobiologist, primatologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Mattole Union School District, Petrolia, California, 1980-1982. CanvaserEugene McCarthy for President, Stockton, California, 1968. With United States Army, 1962-1964.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Society for Conservation Biology, American Society Primatologists (founder 1976, president 1994-1996), American Zool.and Aquarium Association, Species Survival Commission, Society for Neurosci.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, travel, nature study, design.

Connections

Married Norma Leah Schroeder, August 31, 1964 (divorced December 1969). Married Nancy Jean Amaden, March 10, 1973. Children: Kristin Elizabeth Wroe Martens, Kendrick Lee Wroe.

Father:

James Alexander Erwin

Mother:

Shirley Virginia Erwin

Spouse:

Norma Leah Schroeder

Spouse:

Nancy Jean Amaden

child:

Kendrick Lee Wroe Erwin

child:

Kristin Elizabeth Wroe Martens Erwin