Background
Heltne, Paul Gregory was born on July 4, 1941 in Lake Mills, Iowa, United States. Son of Palmer Tilford and Grace Katherine (Hanson) Heltne.
Heltne, Paul Gregory was born on July 4, 1941 in Lake Mills, Iowa, United States. Son of Palmer Tilford and Grace Katherine (Hanson) Heltne.
Bachelor of Arts, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1970.
Assistant professor Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, Baltimore, 1970-1982. Director Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1982-1991, president, 1991—1999, president emeritus, since 1999. Co-director Nature Polis and Ethics Project, 1994—2002.
Director Center for Humans and Nature, since 2003. Consultant World Health Organization, American Petroleum Institute.
Trustee Baltimore Zoological Society, 1972-1982. Member American Association Museum (education task force, accreditation site visitor), Association Science Museum Dirs. (secretary-treasurer 1986-1996), American Primatol.
Society, International Primatology Society, American Zoological Society, Society for Study Evolution, Systematic Zoology Society, Association Science and Technology Centers.
Children— Lisa, Christian.