Background
Tee-Van, John was born on July 6, 1897 in Brooklyn. Son of Patrick J. and Wilhemina (Wehnke) Tee-V.
Tee-Van, John was born on July 6, 1897 in Brooklyn. Son of Patrick J. and Wilhemina (Wehnke) Tee-V.
Student New York University, Doctor of Science, Reusselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1955.
Assistant department tropical research New York Zoological Society, 1917-1924, general assistant, 1925-1930, general associate, 1931-1941. Executive secretary New York Zoological Park, 1942-1952, director, 1952-1956, general director, 1956-1962, now emeritus. Consultant to San Francisco Park Commission, 1945.
Member Museums Council, New York City, chairman 1945-1948. Fellow New York Academy Science (councilor 1949-1951, recording secretary 1952-1953, president, 1954), New York Zoological Society (gold medal 1962), American Institute Park Executives. Member American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (vice president 1951-1952).
Clubs: Century Association, Explorers (first vice president 1949-1950, president 1951-1952).
Pacific Sailfish (Panama), Boone and Crockett, The Coffee House.
Married Helen Therese Damrosch, July 17, 1923.