Peter Anthony Larkin

Background

Larkin, Peter Anthony was born on December 11, 1924 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Frank Wilfrid and Caroline Jane (Knapp) Larkin. arrived in Canada, 1929.

Education

Bachelor, Master of Arts, U. Saskatchewan, Canada, 1946; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Saskatchewan, Canada, 1989; Doctor of Philosophy (Rhodes scholar), University of Oxford, 1948; Doctor of Science (honorary), University B.C., 1992.

Career

Bubonic plague survey, Government of Saskatchewan, 1942-1943; fisheries investigator, Fisheries Research Board Canada, 1944-1946; chief fisheries biologist, B.C. Game Commission, 1948-1955; assistant professor, U. B.C., 1948-1955; professor department zoology, U. B.C., 1959-1963, 66-69; Director, Pacific Biological Station, 1963-1966; also director fisheries, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, 1955-1963, 66-69; head department zoology, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, 1972-1975; dean graduate studies, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, 1975-1984; associate vice president research, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, 1980-1986; vice president research, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, 1986-1988; university professor, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, 1969-1996. Honorary life governor Vancouver Public Aquarium. Member Canada national committee Science Com.on Problems of Environment, World Health Organization, 1971-1972.

Mem Killam selection committee Canada Canada, 1974-1977. Member Science Council Canada, 1971-1976, National Research Council Canada, 1981-1984, Canada Committee on Seals and Sealing, 1981-1986, Canada Institute Advanced Research, 1982-1985, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada, various governmental research committees. Member International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, 1977, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1991-1993.

Board directors B.C. Packers, 1980-1996. Member of the Board of Governors International Development Research Council, Canada, 1987-1993. Member National Science England Research Council Canada, 1987-1993.

President Rawson Academy, 1988-1991. Commissioner B.C.Utilities Commission, 1993-1996. Member interim governor county U.N.B.C., 1991-1993.

Achievements

• Peter Anthony Larkin has been listed as a noteworthy Zoology educator, university dean and official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President B.C. Conservation Foundation, 1987-1990. Temporary commissioner B.C. Utilities Commission, 1993-1996. Trustee Vancouver Hospital, 1994-1995.

Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member International Limnol. Association, American Fisheries Society (award of excellence 1983, Carl R. Sullivan conservation award 1993), B.C. Natural Resources Conference (president 1954), B.C. Wildlife Federation, Canada Society Zoologists (president 1972, Fry medal 1978), Canada Association University Research Administration (president 1979), American Institute Fisheries Biologists (outstanding achievement award 1986), Science Council B.C. (career achievement award 1995), Order of Canada, 1995, Order of B.C., 1996.

Connections

Married Lois Boughton Rayner, August 21, 1948. Children: Barbara, Kathleen, Patricia, Margaret, Gillian.

Father:

Frank Wilfrid Larkin

Mother:

Caroline Jane (Knapp) Larkin

Spouse:

Lois Boughton Rayner

child:

Margaret Larkin

child:

Patricia Larkin

child:

Barbara Larkin

child:

Kathleen Larkin

child:

Gillian Larkin