Background
Tuttle, Merlin D. was born on August 26, 1941 in Honolulu. Son of Horace L. and Myrna June (Colburn) Tuttle.
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Merlin D. Tuttle
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Master of Arts, U. Kansas, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy with honors, U. Kansas, 1974.
Career
Curator of mammals, Milwaukee Public Museum, 1975-1986;
founder, president, Bat Conservation International, Austin, Texas, since 1986;
visiting scholar, University Texas, Austin, 1986-1988. Distinguished lecturer Cornell Univercity. Lecturer Harvard University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, National Museum Canada, American Museum Natural History.
Guest ABC's World News Tonight, Good Morning American, NBC's Today Show, David Letterman Show. Adjunct associate professor biology University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1975-1985.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society Mammalogists (life), American Society Naturalists, Ecological Society American, National Speleol. Society, Society for Study of Evolution, United States Fish and Wildlife Svc. (endangered species recovery team for bats), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Diane Stevenson, April 1975 (divorced May 1980).
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Best Film of Festival award, Best Professional Film award, Special Merit award for Advancement of Science Knowledge, Annual International WildlifeFilm Festival, 1983, Garret S. Miller award and numerous grants.Recipient Best Film of Festival award, Best Professional Film award, Special Merit award for Advancement of Science Knowledge, Annual International WildlifeFilm Festival, 1983, Garret S. Miller award and numerous grants.