Background
Heckmann, Richard Anderson was born on December 7, 1931 in Salt Lake City.
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Richard Anderson Heckmann
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Bachelor of Science in Zoology, Utah State University, 1954; Master of Science in Zoology, Utah State University, 1958; postgraduate, University of California, Davis, 1958-1960; postgraduate, U. Pacific, 1959; postgraduate, U. Hawaii, 1960-1961; postgraduate, U. Washington, 1963; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1963, 66; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, Montana State University, 1970; postgraduate, Imperial College, England, 1976; postgraduate, U. Utah, 1985-1986.
Career
Teaching assistant, Utah State University, 1957;
research assistant, University of California, 1958-1959;
teaching assistant, University of California, 1959-1961;
instructor, Contra Costa College, 1962-1967;
teaching assistant, Montana State University, 1968-1970;
assistant professor, California State University, Fresno, 1970-1972;
professor, Brigham Young U., Provo, Utah. Lecturer California State University, Fresno, 1970. Consultant United States Forest Svc., 1962, Niagara Chemical Company, 1964, 65, 67, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1974, 75, 76, Central Utah Project, 1974, Diking Utah Lake Proposal Team, 1976, Bureau of Land Management Deep Creek Mts. and Big Creek Impact Studies, Vaughn Hansen Associations, 1978, NARL Nielsen, Maxwell & Wangsgaard Engineers, Noorlander Corporation, 1979, 80.
Director Research Team to Guatemala. Visiting professor Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Poland, NAS, 1989. Visiting professor U. Ain Shams, U. Cairo, Egypt, 1996.
Alumni professor Brigham Young U., 1995-1997.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Institute Fishery Research Biologist, Society of Protozoologist, Society of Parasitologists, American Fisheries Society (fish health section, fish culture section, public committee, chairman professional standards committee, member endangered species committee), World Malocologist's Society, Utah Public Health Association.
Connections
Married; 5 children.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Faculty Research awards, 1972, 73, 74, 75, Silver Beaver awardBoy Scouts of America, 1989. Grantee National Science Foundation, 1971, 72, 75, Utah Division Wildlife Resources, 1975, 78, 79, Westinghouse Corporation, 1976, Arizona Fuels Corporation, 1977, 78, 79, Naval Artic Research Laboratory U. Alaska, 1979, Utah Power and Light, 1979, Schering Corporation, 1984, Brigham Young U., 1987-1989, Binational Agricultural Research Development Fund, 1986, 87, 88, 89, Nevada Division Wildlife Resources, 1986, 87, 88-89. Pauley Research fellow, 1960, 61, National Science Foundation, 1963, 66. Carl Raymond Grey scholar, 1950. Honored by Farmer to Farmer Program United States Agency for International Development, 1988, 89.Recipient Faculty Research awards, 1972, 73, 74, 75, Silver Beaver awardBoy Scouts of America, 1989. Grantee National Science Foundation, 1971, 72, 75, Utah Division Wildlife Resources, 1975, 78, 79, Westinghouse Corporation, 1976, Arizona Fuels Corporation, 1977, 78, 79, Naval Artic Research Laboratory U. Alaska, 1979, Utah Power and Light, 1979, Schering Corporation, 1984, Brigham Young U., 1987-1989, Binational Agricultural Research Development Fund, 1986, 87, 88, 89, Nevada Division Wildlife Resources, 1986, 87, 88-89. Pauley Research fellow, 1960, 61, National Science Foundation, 1963, 66.
Carl Raymond Grey scholar, 1950. Honored by Farmer to Farmer Program United States Agency for International Development, 1988, 89.