Background
Reining, Priscilla Copeland was born on March 11, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Kenneth Bayard and Mary Elsie (Weser) Copeland.
Reining, Priscilla Copeland was born on March 11, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Kenneth Bayard and Mary Elsie (Weser) Copeland.
AB, University of Chicago, 1945; AM, University of Chicago, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1967.
Lecturer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1956-1960;
lecturer, Howard U., Washington, 1960-1965;
research associate, Catholic U. American, Washington, 1966-1968;
associate, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1966, 68, 70;
consultant, The World Bank, 1972;
consultant, United States Agency for International Development, 1973;
consultant, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, 1971-1973;
project director, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, 1974-1981;
program director, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, 1982-1990;
visiting professor African Studies, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1994. Member board on science and technical for international development NAS, Washington, 1976-1980. Member arid ecosystem interation International Geosphere/Biosphere Program, Boulder, since 1989.
Member of advisory board Population and Environmental, New York City, since 1990. Board directors Renewable Natural Resources Foundation, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1991, Public Interest member Renewable Natural Resources Foundation (RNRF) board,1999. Member United States delegate United Nations Conference on Desertification, Nairobi, Kenya, 1977.
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Member Peace Commission Washington Cathedral, 1986-1991. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary 1978-1989), American Anthropological Association (task force on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, task force on environmental, Distinguished Svc. award 1990), African Studies Association (board directors 1978-1980). Member Anthropological Society Washington (president 1976-1977), Society Women Geographers (triennial presenter 1996).
Chairperson planning committee renewable natural resources foundation United States Congress, 1998.
Married Conrad Copeland Reining, June 26, 1944 (deceased October 1984). Children: Robert Cushman, Anne Elizabeth, Conrad Copeland Schilling.