Kenneth Barclay Armitage

Background

Armitage, Kenneth Barclay was born on April 18, 1925 in Steubenville, Ohio, United States. Son of Albert Kenneth and Virginia Ethel (Barclay) Armitage.

Education

Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Bethany College, West Virginia, 1949; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1954.

Career

Instructor, University of Wisconsin -Green Bay, 1954-1955; instructor, University of Wisconsin -Wausau, 1955-1956; assistant professor biology, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1956-1962; associate professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1962-1966; professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1966-1996; William J. Baumgartner distinguished professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1987-1996; department chairman systematics & ecology, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1982-1988; director environmental studies program, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1976-1982; director experimental and applied ecology program, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1974-1994; professor emeritus, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1996. Visiting professor U. Modena, Italy, 1989. Member committee examiners Graduate Record Examination Biology Test, 1986-1992, chairman, 1988-1992.

Senior investigator Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Colorado, since 1962, trustee, 1969-1986, president of the board of trustees, 1985-1986.

Achievements

• Kenneth Barclay Armitage has been listed as a noteworthy biology professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Investigations in General Biology

Membership

President Douglas County chapter Zero Population Growth, 1969-1971. Board directors Children's Hour, Inc., Lawrence, 1969-1970. Vice president History Mount Oread, Lawrence, 1998-2004, president, since 2004.

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Animal Behavior Society. Member American Society Naturalists (treasurer 1984-1986), American Institute Biological Sciences (member task force for 90s), Ecological Society of America, American Society Zoologists, American Society Mammalogists (C. Hart Merriam award 1997, elect honorary member, 2009), Organization Biological Field Stations (vice president 1986-1987, president 1988-1989), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Beta Beta, Gamma Sigma Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: stamp collecting, gardening, hiking, natural history, western history.

Connections

Married Katie Lou Hart, June 5, 1953. Children: Karole, Keith, Kevin.

Father:

Albert Kenneth Armitage

Mother:

Virginia Ethel (Barclay) Armitage

Spouse:

Katie Lou Hart

child:

Kevin Armitage

child:

Keith Armitage

child:

Karole Armitage