Background
Talbot, Murrell Williams was born on August 18, 1889 in Appleton City, Missouri, United States. Son of LeRoy Hitt and Lettie E. (Williams) Talbot.
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Murrell Williams Talbot
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Bachelor of Science, University Missouri, 1913. Postgraduate United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, 1931.
Career
Various positions United States Forest Service and Bureau Plant Industry, 1913-1931. Senior ecologist charge range research Pacific South.W. Forest & Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, California, 1931-1955, acting director, 1941-1945, also director, 1946-1955, consultant, 1955-1972. Consultant Government Spain, Pack Foundation, Salt River Basin, Arizona, State California.
Collaborator United States Department of Agriculture.
Achievements
Membership
Member Alameda County Grand Jury. Served to Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, 1918. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Society Range Management (president 1963), Society American Foresters, Ecological Society American, Wilderness Society, Alpha Zeta, Xi Sigma Pi.
Mason (32 degree).; Clubs: Faculty University California, Outlook (Berkeley).
Connections
Married Zenaida Merriam, October 27, 1928. Children: Lee Merriam, Zenaida (Mistress William Penn Mott III).
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Political Party
Republican