Background
Harper, Kimball Taylor was born on February 15, 1931 in Oakley, Idaho, United States. Son of John Mayo and Mary Ella (Overson) Harper.
Harper, Kimball Taylor was born on February 15, 1931 in Oakley, Idaho, United States. Son of John Mayo and Mary Ella (Overson) Harper.
Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young U., 1958; Master of Science, Brigham Young U., 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1963.
Range technician, United States Forest Svc., Moab and Moticello, Utah., 1957-1958; range scientist, United States Forest Svc., Ogden, Utah., 1958-1959; research assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1959-1963; assistant professor, then associate professor, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1963-1973; professor, Brigham Young U., Provo, Utah., since 1973; department chairman botany and range science, Brigham Young U., Provo, Utah., 1973-1976. Visiting scholar University of California, Berkeley, 1984-1985. Member Mono Lake committee National Research Council, Washington, 1986-1987.
Ward bishop Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church, Spanish Fork, Utah, 1978-1983. Served as corporal United States Army, 1953-1955, Korea. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Botanical Society, Ecological Society American (editor, member editorial board journal 1965-1967, 1975-1979), Society for Range Management, American Institute For Biological Sciences, Society for Study Evolution, British Ecological Society, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Caroline Frances Stepp, June 7, 1958. Children: Ruth L., James K., Gay A., Denise C., Karla D., Steven S.