Background
Bemis, William Elliott was born on March 7, 1954 in Toledo. Son of William Hammel and Jane Elliott (Hallenbeck) Bemis.
Bemis, William Elliott was born on March 7, 1954 in Toledo. Son of William Hammel and Jane Elliott (Hallenbeck) Bemis.
Bachelor in Anatomy and Physiology, Cornell University, 1976. Master of Science in Zoology, University Michigan, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, University California, Berkeley, 1983.
Lecturer in anatomy University Chicago, 1982-1984. Assistant professor biology University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984-1991, associate professor, 1991-1998, professor biology, since 1998. Research associate American Museum Natural History Department Ichthyology, New York City, since 1987, Field Museum National History, Department Geology, Chicago, since 1990.
Founding director graduate program in organismic and evolutionary biology, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1991-1996, director zoological collections and Museum Natural History, since 1996.
Fellow Linnean Society of London. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Vertebrate Paleontology, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (life), Society Integrative and Comparative Biology (life, program officer 1996-1998), Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Anne Rogers, 1979 (divorced 1985): Married Betty Ann McGuire, August 4, 1989. Children: Katherine Elliott, Owen Thomas.