Background
Musselman, Thomas Edgar was born on April 28, 1887 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of De Lafayette and Mary Malissa (McDavitt) Musselman.
Musselman, Thomas Edgar was born on April 28, 1887 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of De Lafayette and Mary Malissa (McDavitt) Musselman.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois, 1910, Master of Arts, 1913. Master Accountant, Gem City Business College, Quincy, 1911. Doctor of Science, from Carthage (Illinois) College, 1934.
Vice president Gem City Business College. Researcher in ornithology from 1906. Secretary Inland Bird Banding Association, 1925, councillor from 1926.
Director nature study, Appalachian Boys’ and Girls’ Camp Association.
Lecturer on nature, Carthage College and Chaddock School for Boys, Quincy. Illinois State lecturer, Audubon Society (also director 1935).
Director Wild Life School, McGregor, Iowa. President Private Schools Department, National Commercial Teachers Federation, 1935.
Commissioner Boy Scouts, Quincy, 1926-1928.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ornithological Union, Wilson Ornithological. Club, Inland Bird Banding Association (Hornaday award for outstanding conservation, 1951), Kappa Delta Pi (founder), Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Mary Locke Scripps, October 18, 1916. Children: Mary Margaret, Virginia.