Background
Bohnsack, Kurt Karl was born on March 23, 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany. Son of Rudolf Otto and Johanna Marie (Mauser) Bohnsack. came to the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1941.
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Kurt Karl Bohnsack
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Bachelor of Science, Ohio U., 1946; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1954.
Career
Instructor zoology, University of Michigan, 1950-1951; instructor, assistant professor, Swarthmore College, 1951-1956; from assistant professor to professor zoology, San Diego State University, 1956-1989; member summer faculty, Pennsylvania State University, 1954, 55; member summer faculty, Arizona State University, 1971-1973; member summer faculty, John Carroll U., 1970; member summer faculty, Michigan State University, 1978. Researcher Arctic Research Laboratory, Barrow, Alaska, 1961-1964.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee San Diego Natural History Society, 1966-1979. Served with United States Army, 1942-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Association of University Professors, Acarological Society American, Entomological Society Washington, Western Society Naturalists, Audobon Society, Arctic Institute N. American, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Julie Mary Low, June15, 1946. Children: Linda Mae, Richard Carl, Mary Ellen.
