Stephen Adair Laymon

Background

Laymon, Stephen Adair was born on March 16, 1948 in Albany, California, United States. Son of Fredrick Sylvester Laymond and Winifred Edith (Risser) Rishel.

Education

Associate of Arts, Shasta Community College, 1968; Bachelor, Sacramento State College, 1970; Master of Arts, California State University, Chico, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1988.

Career

Archivist, Tehama County Library., Red Bluff, California, 1979; wildlife biologist, USDA Forest Svc., Yreka, California, 1980-1981; wildlife and ecological consultant,, Chico and Berkeley, 1974-1990; postdoctoral fellow department forestry, University of California, Berkeley, 1991-1992; co-executive director and research director, Kern River Research Center, Weldon, California, since 1990. Member of advisory board Nature Conservancy, Kern River Preserve, Weldon, since 1994.

Achievements

• Stephen Adair Laymon has been listed as a notable Research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Wildlife Society (chapter president 1981, symposium organizer 1994, steering committee Wildlife 2000 symposium 1984), Society for Conservation Biology, Ecological Society American, Society for Ecological Restoration, American Ornithologists Union, Cooper Ornithological Society (chapter president 1981, chairman of implementation board of California Riparian Habitat Joint Venture 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: bird watching, travel, genealogy, photography.

Connections

Married Phyllis Sydney Bailey, July 20, 1968 (divorced September 1981). Married Pamela Lorraine Williams, April 7, 1991.

Father:

Fredrick Sylvester Laymond Rishel

Mother:

Winifred Edith (Risser) Rishel

Spouse:

Phyllis Sydney Bailey

Spouse:

Pamela Lorraine Williams