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II, Sidney Dillon Ripley, was born on September 20, 1913 in New York City. Son of Louis Arthur and Constance Baillie (Rose) R.
II, Sidney Dillon Ripley, was born on September 20, 1913 in New York City. Son of Louis Arthur and Constance Baillie (Rose) R.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1936. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1961. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Yale University, 1975.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1943. Doctor of Humane Letters, Harvard University, 1984. Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Marlboro College, 1965.
Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Williams College, 1972. Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Johns Hopkins University, 1984. Doctor of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1977.
Doctor of Science, George Washington University, 1966. Doctor of Science, Catholic University, 1968. Doctor of Science, University Maryland, 1970.
Doctor of Science, Cambridge University, England, 1974. Doctor of Science, Brown University, 1975. Doctor of Science, Trinity College, 1977.
Doctor of Laws, Dickinson College, 1967. Doctor of Laws, Hofstra University, 1968. Doctor of Laws, Gallaudet College, 1981.
Staff Academy Natural Science, Philadelphia, 1936-1939. Volunteer assistant American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1939-1940. Assistant curator boards Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1942, secretary, 1964-1984, secretary emeritus, from 1984.
Lecturer Yale University, 1946-1949, associate curator, 1946-1952, assistant professor, 1949-1955, curator, 1952-1964, associate professor zoology, 1955-1961, professor biology, 1961-1964. Director Peabody Museum Natural History, 1959-1964. Expeditions to, Nepal, South Pacific, Southeast Asia, India, Bhutan.
United States delegate Stockholm Conference on Human Environment, 1972. Director Research Corporation (honorary), White Memorial Foundation, Hitachi Foundation.
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Trustee emeritus Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Forman School, George Washington University. President International Council of Bird Preservation, 1958-1982, president emeritus, since 1982. United States board directors World Wildlife Fund, 1961-1980, 81–.
Chairman English Speaking Union United States of America, 1984-1987. Chairman Festival of India in the United States, 1984-1986, Festival of Indonesia in the United States, since 1989.Served as civilian Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945, member overseas staff Southeast Asia Command, 1943-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ornithologists Union, Zoological Society India.
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Letters, International Council Museum Foundations, Council Foreign Relations, French Institute, Alliance Française, American Naturalists Society, British Ornithological Union, French Ornithological Society (honorary), Argentine Ornithological Society (honorary), Son of African Ornithological Society (correspondent), New Zealand Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological Society, Wilson Ornithological Society, Society Systematic Zoology, Bombay Natural History Society, Society Study Evolution, International Wild Waterfowl Association, Charles Darwin Science Foundation (chairman), American Institute of Architects (honorary), Society Cincinnati (honorary), Sigma Xi. Clubs: Century, Knickerbocker, New York, Cosmos, Alibi, Metropolitan, Washington, Yale.
Married Mary Moncrieffe Livingston, August 18, 1949. Children: Julie Dillon Ripley Miller, Rosemary Livingston Ripley Lanius, Sylvia McNeill Ripley Addison.