Background
Carlander, Kenneth Dixon was born on May 25, 1915 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Son of Lester William and Ruth Emelia (Larson) Carlander.
Carlander, Kenneth Dixon was born on May 25, 1915 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Son of Lester William and Ruth Emelia (Larson) Carlander.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1936; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1943.
Ornithologist, Panhandle Plains History Society Museum, Canyon, Texas, 1933;
laboratory technician, University of Minnesota, 1936-1938;
aquatic biologist, Minnesota Department Conservation, 1938-1946;
assistant professor, Iowa State University, 1946-1948;
associate professor, Iowa State University, 1948-1957;
professor, Iowa State University, 1957-1974;
distinguished, Iowa State University, 1974-1985;
professor emeritus, Iowa State University, since 1985. Leader Iowa Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, 1946-1966. Visiting professor Satya Wacana Christian U., Salatiga, Java, 1977-1978, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1982.
Executive Board 15th International Congress Limnology, 1960-1968. Editorial referee Fisheries Research Board Canada, 1957. Member Iowa Natural Resources Council, 1961, Iowa Water Resources Research Institute, 1964-1965.
Member panel fishery Experts Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) of United Nations. Ford Foundation assignment, Egypt, 1965-1966.
Fellow American Institute Fishery Research Biologists (board control 1957-1961 Outstanding Achievement award), American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1963-1965). Member American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (board governors 1952-1956), American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Wildlife Society, American Fisheries Society (president 1960-1961, award of excellence 1979), British Fisheries Society, Biometric Society, Ecological Society of America, International Association Theoretical and Applied Limnology (central committee 1962-1972), American Society Naturalists, National Association Biology Teachers, American Association of University Professors, Izaak Walton League, United World Federalists (chapter chairman), Iowa Academy of Sciences (director 1959-1964, president 1968-1969, Distinguished fellow 1980), Nature Conservancy, Society Population Ecology, American Society Zoologists, Asian Ecological Society, Sigma Xi (chapter president 1963), Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Harriet Coleman Bell, June 23, 1939 (deceased July 1973). Married Julia Genevieve Nichols, June 29, 1975.