Philip Harold Robert Stepney

Background

Stepney, Philip Harold Robert was born on November 19, 1947 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Son of Harold Albert and Elenor Blanche (Landals) Stepney.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1969; Master of Science, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1979.

Career

Wildlife biologist, Renewable Resources Cons. Svc., Edmonton, 1975; project manager, Renewable Resources Cons. Svc., Edmonton, 1976; director business development, Renewable Resources Cons.

Svc., Edmonton, 1977; curator ornithology, Provincial Museum Alberta, Edmonton, 1978-1981; assistant director natural history, Provincial Museum Alberta, Edmonton, 1981-1987; assistant director, curatorial, Provincial Museum Alberta, Edmonton, 1987-1989; director, Provincial Museum Alberta, Edmonton, since 1989. Member collections committee U. Alberta, Edmonton, 1982-1989, adjunct research associate department forest science, since 1987. Chairman Lakeland College Curriculum Advisory Committee, Vermillion, Alberta, since 1984.

Achievements

• Philip Harold Robert Stepney has been listed as a noteworthy Museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Ornithologists Union (co-chair collections committee since 1984), Society.Can. Ornithologists (treasurer membership section since 1985), Cooper Ornithological Society, Wilson Ornithological Society.

Interests

• Avocations: bonsai, hunting, fly fishing, taxidermy, photography.

Connections

Married Donna Maureen Kelly, September 4, 1967. Children: Sean Philip Stuart, Erin Maureen, Lindsay Dawn.

Father:

Harold Albert Stepney

Mother:

Elenor Blanche (Landals) Stepney

Spouse:

Donna Maureen Kelly

child:

Sean Philip Stuart Stepney

child:

Erin Maureen Stepney

child:

Lindsay Dawn Stepney