Background
Waters, William Eugene was born on July 2, 1922 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis Marland and Grace Elizabeth (Alden) Waters.
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William Eugene Waters
Edit Profilescientist forestry and entomology educator
Education
Student in Forestry, U. Maine, 1940-1942; Bachelor of Science in Forestry, Syracuse University, 1948; Master in Forest Entomology, Duke U., 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology, Yale University, 1958.
Career
Research entomologist, United States Forest Service, New Haven, 1949-1966; chief of laboratory, United States Forest Service, Hamden, Connecticut, 1966-1968; chief of forest insect research, United States Forest Service, Washington, 1968-1973; pioneering research scientist, United States Forest Service, Berkeley, California, 1973-1975; dean College Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-1977; professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1977-1986; professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, since 1986. Board of directors International Statistics Ecology Program, University Park, Pennsylvania, since 1978. Consultant Boise Cascade Corporation, Idaho, 1980-1983, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Denver, 1985-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Served to sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member Entomological Society American (governing board 1974-1976), Society American Foresters, California Natural Resources Federation (president 1976-1977), International Association Ecology (chairman statistical ecology section), California Native Plant Society, Sigma Xi.
Interests
Connections
Married Harriet Fairbank Hume, June 11, 1943 (divorced 1976). Children: Ellen, William, Francis, Richard. Married Muriel Jane Dawson, April 29, 1976.
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Political Party
Republican