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Lacher, Thomas Edward was born on August 9, 1949 in Pittsburgh. Son of Thomas Edward and Mary Catherine (McMullen) Lacher.
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Thomas Edward Lacher, American Tropical ecologist. Achievements include research in community ecology in tropical savannahs, foraging ecology of tropical primates and rodents, and territorality in small mammals. Best Paper award Association S.E. Naturalists, 1983; grantee American Cyanamid Company, 1989, United States Forest Svc., 1989, 90, United States Agency for International Development, 1992.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Pittsburgh, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Pittsburgh, 1980.
Career
Teaching assistant, U. Pittsburgh, 1972-1978;
assistant professor, U. de Brasilia, Brazil, 1979-1981;
assistant professor, Western Washington U., Bellingham, 1981-1987;
associate professor, Western Washington U., Bellingham, 1987-1989;
full professor, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., since 1989. Visiting professor Federal U. Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1986. Member area advising committee Fulbright Commission, Washington, 1991-1994.
Member species survival committee International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society Mammalogists (chair international relations committee, since 1991), Assn.Tropical Biology, American Society Naturalists, Ecological Society American, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Susana Ulisses Teixeira, March 9, 1978. Children: Iara Luiza, Lais Maria.
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Religion
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Political Party
Democrat
Awards
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Best Paper award Association S.E. Naturalists, 1983. Grantee American Cyanamid Company, 1989, United States Forest Svc., 1989, 90, United States Agency for International Development, 1992.Best Paper award Association S.E. Naturalists, 1983. Grantee American Cyanamid Company, 1989, United States Forest Svc., 1989, 90, United States Agency for International Development, 1992.