Background
Park, Thomas was born on November 17, 1908 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Thomas and Fronie (Stealey) Park.
Park, Thomas was born on November 17, 1908 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Thomas and Fronie (Stealey) Park.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1932; Doctor of Science, University Illinois, 1973.
National Research Council fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1933-1935; instructor, associate biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1935-1937; instructor zoology, University of Chicago, 1937-1939; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1939-1942; associate professor, University of Chicago, 1942-1947; professor zoology, University of Chicago, 1947-1973; professor emeritus, University of Chicago, 1973-1992; associate dean biological science, University of Chicago, 1943-1946; Rockefeller fellow, University of Oxford, England, 1948; science attache, American embassy, London, 1949.
Member advisory panel National Science Foundation. Member Illinois Board Natural Resources and Conservation. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (life, director from 1954, chairman board 1962, president 1961).
Member Ecological Society of America (president 1958-1959, Eminent Ecologist citation 1971, life member), American Society Naturalists (honorary), American Society Zoologists, Society Study Evolution, American Statistical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: Quadrangle (Chicago).
Married Martha Alden Whitehead, July 31, 1928 (deceased June 1963). Children– Sherley, Judith. Married Frances L. Lear, April 18, 1969.