Background
Orr, Robert Thomas was born on August 17, 1908 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Robert Harris and Agnes (Cockburn) Orr.
Orr, Robert Thomas was born on August 17, 1908 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Robert Harris and Agnes (Cockburn) Orr.
Bachelor of Science, University San Francisco, 1929; Doctor of Science, University San Francisco, 1976; Master of Arts, University of California at Berkeley, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1937.
Research assistant, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, University of California at Berkeley, 1932-1935; wildlife technician, United States National Park Service, 1935-1936; assistant professor biology, U. San Francisco, 1942-1948; associate professor, U. San Francisco, 1949-1954; professor, U. San Francisco, 1955-1964; assistant curator department ornithology and mammalogy, California Academy Sciences, San Francisco, 1936-1943; associate curator, California Academy Sciences, 1944; curator, California Academy Sciences, 1945-1975; curator emeritus, California Academy Sciences, 1989-1994; associate director, California Academy Sciences, 1964-1975; senior scientist, California Academy Sciences, 1975-1994. Visiting professor zoology University of California at Berkeley, summer, 1962, spring, 1965;Trustee Western Foundation for Vertebrate Zoology. Member of advisory board Point Reyes Bird Observatory.
Honorary trustee Mountain Lion Preservation Foundation. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (past president Pacific division), American Ornithologists Union, California Academy of Sciences (Fellows' medal), Explorers Club. Honorary member American Society Mammalogists (past president), Cooper Ornithological Society (past president), San Francisco Mycological Society.
Member Australian Mammal Society, Biological Society Washington, National Audubon Society, Nature Conservancy, Friends of Sea Otter (vice president).
Son of Robert Harris and Agnes (Cockburn) O. M. Dorothy Sutton, June 1934. 1 daughter, Nancy Jane (Mistress Richard A. Davis).
M. Dorothy Bowen, August 1942. M. Margaret Barry Cunningham, August 1972.