Background
Young, Orrey Pierce was born on August 23, 1940 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Arnold and Rita Doris (Knapp) Young.
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Orrey Pierce Young
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Student, University Massachusetts, 1958-1962; Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, U. Maryland., 1972; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoological, U. Maryland., 1978.
Career
Research assistant, Walter Reed Institute Research, Washington, 1966-1972; postdoctoral fellow, Carleton U., Ottawa, Canada, 1978-1979; graduate teaching assistant department zoology, U. Maryland., College Park, 1974-1976; faculty research associate department entomology, U. Maryland., College Park, 1979-1980; research entomologist, USDA Agricultural Research Svc., Tifton, Georgia, 1980-1983; research entomologist, USDA Agricultural Research Svc., Stoneville, Mississippi, 1983-1989; ecologist, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Svc., Hyattsville, Maryland., 1989-1991; environmental protection officer Animal/Plant Health Inspection, Plant Protection/Quarantine Science Superior vena cava syndrome, USDA, Riverdale, Maryland., since 1991. Organizer symposia at national and international science meetings.
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Membership
With United States Army, 1963-1966. Fellow Royal Entomological Society London. Member American Ornithologists Union, Ecological Society American (certified senior ecologist), Animal Behavior Society, Coleopterists Society, American Entomological Society, Entomological Society American, Association for Tropical Biology, Society for Conservation Biology, International Society Behavioral Ecology, Georgia Entomological Society, American Museum Natural History Associations, Manomet Bird Observatory, Nature Conservancy, Smithsonian Institution Associations, Worldwatch Institute, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, Sigma Xi.
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Married Pamela Rae Jones, June 8, 1968. 1 child, Matthew Orrey.
