Background
Howard, Walter Egner was born on April 9, 1917 in Woodland, California, United States. Son of Walter Lafayette and May Belle Howard.
wildlife biology and ecology educator
Howard, Walter Egner was born on April 9, 1917 in Woodland, California, United States. Son of Walter Lafayette and May Belle Howard.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1939; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1947.
Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1942, 46-47; from instructor zoology to professor wildlife biology and vertebrate ecology, University of California, Davis, 1947-1987; professor emeritus, University of California, Davis, since 1987. Consultant United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), World Health Organization, international assignments.
With Army of the United States, 1942-1946, PTO. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member British Ecological Society, Ecological Society of America, American Society Mammalogists, Wildlife Society, Western Society Naturalists, Society Range Management, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma. Lodges: Rotary.
Married Elizabeth Ann Kendall. Children: Thomas Kendall, Kathryn Spencer, John Casey.