Background
Clench, Mary Heimerdinger was born on January 18, 1932 in Louisville. Daughter of Harry Rogers and Alice Gertrude (Pardon) Heimerdinger.
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Mary Heimerdinger Clench
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Mary Heimerdinger Clench, American Educator. Avocations: bird watching, needlepoint, reading, traveling
F C. Fellow American Ornithologists' Union; member National Audubon Society (board directors 1978-1984), Wilson Ornithological Society (2d vice president 1983-1985, 1st vice president 1985-1987, president 1987-1989), International Committee Avian Anatomical Nomenclature.
Education
Bachelor, Wheaton College, 1953; Master of Science in Conservation Natural Resources, Yale University, 1955; Master of Science in Zoology, Yale University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Yale University, 1964.
Career
Assistant curator birds, Carnegie Museum Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1964-1968; associate curator birds, Carnegie Museum Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1968-1980; assistant professor biology, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1967-1968; editor, Cornell Univercity Laboratory Ornithology, Gainesville, 1981-1982; research associate, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1986-1987; assistant professor research, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1987-1992; research scientist, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1993-1996; retired. Adjunct associate professor of University Pittsburgh, 1974-1980, research associate Carnegie Museum Natural History, since 1980, adjunct curator birds, U. Florida Museum, 1980-1983.
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Membership
Fellow American Ornithologists' Union. Member National Audubon Society (board directors 1978-1984), Wilson Ornithological Society (2d vice president 1983-1985, 1st vice president 1985-1987, president 1987-1989), International Committee Avian Anatomical Nomenclature.
