Background
Stettenheim, Peter Rich was born on December 27, 1928 in New York City. Son of Frederic Rich and Elinore (Jacobs) Stettenheim.
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Peter Rich Stettenheim
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Bachelor of Science, Haverford College, 1950; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1959.
Career
Research zoologist Avian Anatomy Project, United States Department of Agriculture, East Lansing, Michigan, 1958-1969; editor, The Condor, Journal of Cooper Ornithological Society, Lebanon, N.H., 1974-1985; editor, Birds of North America, Lebanon, N.H., since 1985. Trustee Audubon Society N.H., Concord, 1973-1982, Cornell Laboratory Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, 1980-1983.
Achievements
Membership
Founding trustee, secretary Montshire Museum Science, Norwich, Vermont, 1974-1991. President Flora R. and Isidor M. Stettenheim Foundation, Lebanon, since 1952. Corporation member Lebanon College, since 1989.
Trustee Society Protect N.H. Forests, since 1989. Member of advisory county Upper Valley Land Trust, since 1989. Fellow American Ornithologists Union (life).
Member Cooper Ornithological Union (life), Wilson Ornithological Society (life), International Committee on Avian Anatom. Nomenclature, Council Biology Editors (member committee 1978-1982).
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Married Sandra Ann Byers, September 17, 1965. Children: Wendy, Joel.
Awards
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Frank M. Chapman Memorial grantee American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1974. Travel grantee Council Biology Editors, 1980, Cooper Ornithological Society, 1981.Frank M. Chapman Memorial grantee American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1974. Travel grantee Council Biology Editors, 1980, Cooper Ornithological Society, 1981.