Rosemary Ann Douglas Babcock

Background

Babcock, Rosemary Ann Douglas was born on March 12, 1940 in Wenatchee, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Donald Stephens and Myrle Alice (Miller) Douglas.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Lewis and Clark College, 1962; postgraduate, Indiana U., 1965-1971; postgraduate, San Francisco State University, 1985-1992.

Career

Research assistant, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Aberdeen, Idaho. teacher music, various public schools, Cleveland, Ohio., 1966-1967; teacher music, various public schools, Coos Bay and Parkrose, Oregon, 1962-1966; teaching assistant, associate instructor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1968-1971; visiting faculty, Chicago Museum College of Roosevelt U., 1974; lecturer fine arts (music), Loyola University Chicago, 1972-1977; reader, research assistant, editor disability research centers, San Francisco State University, University of California-Davis, 1985-1992; information personnel, Stanford (California) U. Data Center, 1986-1990; naturalist, City of Palo Alto (California), since 1989; library, information specialist, Linus Pauling Institute Science and Medicine, Palo Alto, 1990-1996; contractor, multimedia services, Linus Pauling Institute Science and Medicine, Palo Alto, 1996-1997; animal behavior researcher, Chelonian Connection, Palo Alto, since 1979; copy editor, The Vivarium, 1991-1992; senior manager, Waste Energy Integrated Systems, since 1997; teacher advanced studies summer program, Santa Cruz (California) County Office of Education, since 1998. Private consultant, editor, tutor.

Achievements

• Rosemary Ann Douglas Babcock has been listed as a notable naturalist, researcher, librarian, producer, writer, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Animal Behavior Society, Society for Study Amphibians and Reptiles, Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society (board directors-at-large, correspondent secretary), Nature Sounds Society, Authorware Users' Forum, Pi Kappa Lambda (honorary, secretary pro tem, chairman scholarship benefit).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, hiking, herpetological field trips, video production, early music performance.

Connections

Married Michael Jamieson Babcock, August 18, 1963.

Father:

Donald Stephens Douglas

Mother:

Myrle Alice (Miller) Douglas

Spouse:

Michael Jamieson Babcock