Background
Liem, Karel Frederik was born on November 24, 1935 in Jogya, Java, Indonesia. Son of Soen Ging and Maria Carolina (Bader) Liem. came to the United States, 1964.
Liem, Karel Frederik was born on November 24, 1935 in Jogya, Java, Indonesia. Son of Soen Ging and Maria Carolina (Bader) Liem. came to the United States, 1964.
Bachelor of Science, University Indonesia, 1957. Master of Science cum laude, University Indonesia, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1961.
A.M. (honorary), Harvard, 1972.
Assistant professor University Leiden, Netherlands, 1962-1964. Assistant professor, then associate professor University Illinois, Urbana, 1964-1972. Assistant curator, then associate curator of anatomy Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1966-1972.
Henry Bryant Bigelow professor biology, curator ichthyology Harvard University, 1972—2009. Member visiting committee New England Aquarium. Trustee Cohasset (Massachusetts) Marine Biological Laboratory.
Member committee Latimeria, National Academy of Sciences.
Fellow Linnean Society. Member American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society Zoologists, Zoological Society London (science fellow), Society Study Evolution.
Married Hetty Khouw, September 4, 1965. Children– Karel Frederik, Erika Elise.