Background
Bock, Walter Joseph was born on November 20, 1933 in Woodhaven, Queens County of New York City. Son of Paul and Anne (Kalsch) Bock.
Bock, Walter Joseph was born on November 20, 1933 in Woodhaven, Queens County of New York City. Son of Paul and Anne (Kalsch) Bock.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, 1955. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1959.
National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow Universität Frankfurt Main, 1959-1961. Assistant professor department zoology University Illinois, 1961-1964, associate professor, 1964-1965. Assistant professor department biological science Columbia University, 1965-1966, associate professor, 1966-1973, professor, since 1973.
Research associate American Mus Natural History, 1965^.
President Tenafly (New Jersey) Nature Center, 1977-1980. Permanent secretary International Ornithological Committee, 1986-1998. President 23d International Ornithological Congress, 2002.
Vice president International Congress Zoology, 2004. Member American Ornithologists Union (Coues award 1975), American Society Zoologists, American Society Naturalists (treasurer 1978-1980), Society Study Evolution, Society Systematic Biology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, British Ornithologists Union (correspondent member), Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (honorary).
Married Katharine Lippitt, June 29, 1957. Children: Katharine Rose, Susan Ruth, Walter David.