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Farrar, Richard Bartlett was born on April 25, 1939 in Penn Yan, New York, United States. Son of Richard B. and Margaret M. (Stevenson) Farrar.
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Richard Bartlett Farrar, American Secondary education educator. Certified wildlife biologist. Recipient Outstanding Biology Teacher award National Association Biology Teachers, 1971, Conservation award Connecticut River Watershed Council, 1971, Children's Science Book award Children's Library. Council, 1975, NSTA, 1976.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Houghton College, 1960; Master of Education, Frostburg (Maryland.) State University, 1990.
Career
Science teacher, Hinckley (Maine) School, 1960-1961;
science teacher, Concord (Massachusetts) High School, 1962-1964;
program director, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, 1964-1965;
instructor, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1966-1968;
chair science department, Woodstock Country School, 1968-1973;
executive director, Vermont Institute Natural Science, Woodstock, 1971-1973;
executive director, New Jersey Audubon Society, Franklin Lakes, 1974-1978;
field executive, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, 1979-1981;
wildlife biology consultant, Washington, 1982-1986;
lead science teacher, Garrett County Board Education, Oakland, Maryland., 1987-1997;
lead teacher, Colin Powell Learning Center, Tucson, since 1997. Research advisor Coastal Facilities Review Act, State of New Jersey, Trenton, 1977-1978. Member State of New Jersey Natural Resources Council, 1978-1979.
Advisor Savage River State Forest Council, 1991-1992. National Aeronautics and Space Administration science teacher ambassador, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Treasurer League for Conservation Legislation, New Jersey, 1978. Director Middle-AtlanticNaturalist Society, Maryland., 1981-1982. Member Rotary (treasurer Friendsville, Maryland.
1988).
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