Background
West, Neil Elliott was born on December 17, 1937 in Portland. Son of Gerald Dean and Vivian (Elliott) W.
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Neil Elliott West, American Ecologist, educator. National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow U. Georgia, Athens, 1969-1970, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, fellow, 1976; grantee National Science Foundation, since 1961, Department Agriculture, since 1982, Environmental Protection Agency, since 1985.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Oregon State University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Oregon State University, 1964.
Career
Assistant forest ecologist, Oregon Agriculture Experimental Station, Corvallis, 1963;
member of faculty department range science, Utah State University, Logan, since 1964;
professor, Utah State University, Logan, since 1976. Consultant Environmental Protection Agency, Oregon Alaska, Florida, 1970-1972, Occidental Petroleum Company, Colorado, 1971-1976. Panel member National Research Council, Colorado, Utah, 1976-1977.
Mellon visiting lecturer Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1979. Visiting research scholar Adelaide (Australia) U., 1985-1986, Lady Davis. visiting professor Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1986.
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Membership
Member Society Range Management (various committees, editor, Outstanding Paper award1974, Chapline Research award 1991), International Association Vegetation Science (tour leader).
Connections
Married Darlene Alexa Aho, December 21, 1963. 1 child, Alisa Marie.
