Richard Lee Wyman

Background

Wyman, Richard Lee was born on October 24, 1946 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of John H. and Dee (Dugan) Wyman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Panhandle State University, l969; Master of Science, Illinois State University, l970; Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois State University, l973.

Career

Biologist, Lawler Matusky & Skelly Engineering, Pearl River, New York, l974-75; principal investigator, Lawler Matusky & Skelly Engineering, Pearl River, New York, l975-80; assistant professor biology, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, l980-85; biologist, E.N. Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station, Rensselaerville, New York, l986-; manager, E.N. Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station, Rensselaerville, New York, l986-88; executive director, E.N. Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station, Rensselaerville, New York, l988-. Head of northeast United States working group of Declining Amphibian Population Task Force, Species Survival Commission. Member steering committee group to nominate greater Catskill region as biosphere reserve.

Chairman Committee to Establish an International Organisation of Biological Field Stations. Peer reviewer profl.jours. Presenter at professional conferences.

Achievements

• Richard Lee Wyman has been listed as a noteworthy Ecologist, ethologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Rensselaerville Conservation Committee, l989-. Member Animal Behavior Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Study Evolution, Ecological Society.Am., Society Conservation Biology, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma.

Interests

• Avocation: painting, poetry.

Connections

Married Kathleen Kopacz, July 20, l965 (divorced l974). Children: Laurie, Richard. Married Marilyn Walters, August 30, l982.

Children: Jerrine, Allyson.

Father:

John H. Wyman

Mother:

Dee (Dugan) Wyman

Spouse:

Marilyn Walters

Spouse:

Kathleen Kopacz

child:

Laurie Wyman

child:

Jerrine Wyman

child:

Richard Wyman

child:

Allyson Wyman