Background
Coles, Richard Warren was born on September 16, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Braid and Katherine Warren (Baker) Coles.
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Coles, Richard Warren was born on September 16, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Braid and Katherine Warren (Baker) Coles.
Bachelor with highest honors, Swarthmore College, 1961; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1967.
Teaching fellow, Harvard University, 1961-1965;
assistant professor biology, Claremont College, California, 1966-1970;
director Tyson Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, 1970-1996;
Adjunct Professor biology, Washington University, St. Louis, since 1970. Visiting instructor Nature Place, Florissant, Colorado, since 1981. Participant eleven ornithological field trips, Venezuela, 1986-1996, leader Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos, Amazonian Peru and United States, 1990, 91.
Consultant, secretary-treasurer Organisation Biological Field Stations, 1976-1996. Consultant National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, book publications, park planners, Hollbrook Travel, Clipper Cruise Lines, International Journeys Explorations, Inc. Adjunct Professor Webster U., since 1996.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Zoologists, American Society Mammalogists, American Ornithologists Union, American Birding Association, Society Conservation Biology, Ecological Society of America, Wilderness Society, Animal Behavior Society, Webster Groves Nature Study Society, World Wildlife Fund, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi Clubs: Explorers (New York City). Naturalists (St. Louis).
Married Mary Sargent, June 16, 1962. Children: Christopher Sargent, Deborah Coles Ryan.