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Weitzman, Stanley Howard was born on March 16, 1927 in Mill Valley, California, United States. Son of John Howard and Iva May (Hager) Weitzman.
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Stanley Howard Weitzman
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Stanley Howard Weitzman, American Ichthyologist. Achievements include research in the evolution and classification of recent teleost fishes especially South American fishes and oceanic fishes, the biogeography and systematics of South American freshwater fishes. Grantee Smithsonian Institution, since 1966, National Science Foundation, 1965-1968.
Education
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1951; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1960.
Career
Senior laboratory technician, University of California, Berkeley, 1951-1956; instructor department anatomy, Stanford University School Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 1956-1962; associate curator fishes, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1963-1967; curator fishes, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1967. Editorial board Journal Copeia, 1964-1968.
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Membership
Member American Society Ichthyologists & Herpetologists (life, treasurer 1973-1978, Board of Governors 1970-1978, 80-85, Robert H. Gibbs Junior Memorial award 1991), Society.Brasileira de Ictiologia, Society Brasileira de Zoologia, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Marilyn Jean Sohner, February 7, 1948. Children: Earl David, Anna Lisa.
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American