Joseph Reiher Jehl

Background

Jehl, Joseph Reiher was born on December 12, 1935 in New York City. Son of Joseph Reiher and Winnifred (Tyler) Jehl.

Education

AB, Cornell Univercity, 1957; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1967.

Career

Curator birds and mammals, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1967-1977; director research, senior research biologist, Hubbs/Sea World Research Institute, San Diego, since 1977; chief scientist, President Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, 1987-1988. Adjunct Professor biology San Diego State University, since 1967, Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton, Florida, since 1982, U. San Diego, since 1988. Consultant City of Los Angeles, Mono Lake, 1980-1993.

Achievements

• Achievements include research on long-term ecological studies of birds, on theory of the evolution of sexual size dimorphism, and on conservation of saline lakes, especially Mono Lake, California.

Membership

With United States Army, 1959-1961. Fellow American Ornithologists Union. Member Cooper Ornithological Society (honorary), International Council for Bird Preservation (board directors).

Connections

Married Jeanne Duncan, June 23,1961. Children: Douglas Duncan, Daniel Reiher, Laura Elizabeth.

Father:

Joseph Reiher Jehl

Mother:

Winnifred (Tyler) Jehl

Spouse:

Jeanne Duncan

child:

Daniel Reiher Jehl

child:

Laura Elizabeth Jehl

child:

Douglas Duncan Jehl