Richard Edward Wetzler

Background

Wetzler, Richard Edward was born on July 15, 1951 in New Haven. Son of Richard Milton and Charity (Gallop) Wetzler.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biology with honors, Tufts U., 1973; MFS, Yale University, 1977; Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1982.

Career

Adjunct assistant professor, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1982-1985; visiting assistant professor ecology and evolution biology, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1985-1986; dean, School for Field Studies, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1986-1988; adjunct associate professor ecology, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, since 1989; division director, Center for Environmental Management, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, since 1989; director United Nations environmental program, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, since 1990; director environmental studies program, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1993. Board directors Massachusetts Bay Marine Studies Consortium, Boston, since 1989;co-director Joint Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics/United States Declaration for Global Environmental Security, 1990.

Achievements

• Richard Edward Wetzler has been listed as a noteworthy Ecology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Ecological Society American (symposium chair 1990), National Forest Health Council, Cambridge Entomological Society.

Connections

Married Mary Jane Morse, June 16, 1974 (divorced May 1987). Children: Jennryn, Rebecca.

Father:

Richard Milton Wetzler

Mother:

Charity (Gallop) Wetzler

Spouse:

Mary Jane Morse

child:

Jennryn Wetzler

child:

Rebecca Wetzler