Background
Sperry, Theodore Melrose was born on February 20, 1907 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Theodore Anson and Maud Lenore (Cohoon) Sperry. came to the United States, 1909.
Sperry, Theodore Melrose was born on February 20, 1907 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Theodore Anson and Maud Lenore (Cohoon) Sperry. came to the United States, 1909.
Bachelor of Science, Butler University, 1929. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1933.
Timber estimator, United States Forest Services, Jonesboro, Illinois, 1933-1934; technical foreman, United States Forest Services, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1935-1936; senior foreman, National Park Svc., Madison, Wisconsin, 1936-1941; professor, Pittsburgh (Kansas) State University, 1946-1974; professor emeritus, Pittsburgh (Kansas) State University, since 1974. Consultant in field.
Developer Curtis Prairie, University Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison, 1936-1941. Member National Parks Association, Kansas Ornithological Society (president 1956-1957), Kansas Academy of Sciences (president 1959-1960), Indiana Academy of Sciences, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nature Conservancy, Wilderness Society, Society for Ecological Restoration.
Married Gladys C. Galligar, June 16, 1935 (deceased April 1975). Married Dorothy S. Burns Hodgman, August 19, 1977.