Background
Johnston, Richard Fourness was born on July 27, 1925 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Arthur Nathaniel and Marie (Johnson) Johnston.
Johnston, Richard Fourness was born on July 27, 1925 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Arthur Nathaniel and Marie (Johnson) Johnston.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California-, Berkeley, 1950; Master of Arts, University of California-, Berkeley, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-, Berkeley, 1955.
Assistant professor department biology, New Mexico State University, 1956-1958; member of faculty departments zoology and ecology, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1958; professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1968-1992; professor emeritus, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1992; chairman, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1979-1982; editor music publications, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1974-1976, 86-91; program director systematic biology, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1968-1969; editor, Annual Review Ecology and Systematics, 1968-1992; editor, Current Ornithology, 1981-1987. Member advisory panel biological science Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program, 1969-1971.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Ornithological Union (Coues award 1975), American Association for the Advancement of Science, member Ecological Society of America, Society Systematic Zoology (editor journal 1967-1970, president 1977), Society Study Evolution.
Married Lora Lee Bliler, February 7, 1948. Children: Regan, Janet, Cassandra.