Background
Humphrey, Philip Strong was born on February 26, 1926 in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. Son of Watts Sherman Humphrey and Katharine (Strong) Osborne.
university museum administrator
Humphrey, Philip Strong was born on February 26, 1926 in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. Son of Watts Sherman Humphrey and Katharine (Strong) Osborne.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1949; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1955.
Assistant curator, Peabody Museum Natural History, New Haven, 1957-1962; assistant professor zoology, Yale University, New Haven, 1957-1962; chief curator ornithology, National Museum Natural History, Washington, 1962-1965; chairman vertebrate zoology, National Museum Natural History, Washington, 1965-1967; professor zoology, department chairman, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1967-1969; director, National History Museum-U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1967-1995; professor systematics and ecology, National History Museum-U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1969-1995; director emeritus, National History Museum-U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1995.
Advisory board Lawrence Convention and Visitors' Bureau, since 1988. With United States Army Air Force, 1944-1947. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ornithologists' Union.
Member Society Systematic Biology, Association Systematics Collections (president 1993-1995).
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Married Mary Louise Countryman, January 1, 1946. Children: Margaret Hubbard, Stephen Strong.
