Background
Briggs, Shirley Ann was born on May 12, 1918 in Iowa City. Daughter of John E. and Nellie (Upham) Briggs.
Briggs, Shirley Ann was born on May 12, 1918 in Iowa City. Daughter of John E. and Nellie (Upham) Briggs.
Bachelor of Arts with highest distinction, U. Iowa, 1939; Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1940.
Instructor art, North Dakota State College, Fargo, 1941-1943;
illustrator, Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, 1943-1945;
information specialist, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, 1945-1947;
chief graphics section, Bureau Reclamation, 1948-1954;
member, Coordinating Committee on Potomac River Valley, 1957-1960;
secretary, Rachel Carson Council, Inc., Washington, 1966-1992;
executive director, Rachel Carson Council, Inc., 1970-1992;
emerita, since 1992. Instructor Graduate School, United States Department of Agriculture, since 1962. Member pesticide policy advising committee Environmental Protection Agency, 1975-1977.
Executive Committee Natural Resources Council American, 1977-1979, 80-84, secretary, 1981-1982. Member of advisory panel on monitoring environmental contaminants in food Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1978-1979.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Women, Audubon Naturalist Society Control Atlantic States (vice president publications 1956-1969, honorary vice president since 1975, Paul Bartsch award 1972), American Ornithological Union, Wilson Ornithological Society, Association Field Ornithologists, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Beta Phi.