William George Wellington

Background

Wellington, William George was born on August 16, 1920 in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Son of George and Lilly (Rae) Wellington.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University B.C., 1941; Master of Arts, University Toronto, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, 1947.

Career

Meteorological officer, Canada Meteorological Service, Toronto, 1942-1945; research entomologist, Canada Department Agriculture, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, 1946-1951; head bioclimatology section, Canada Department Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Victoria, B.C., 1951-1967; principal scientist, Canada Department Forestry, Victoria, 1964-1968; professor ecology, U. Toronto, 1968-1970; director, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, U. B.C., Vancouver, 1973-1979; professor plant science and resource ecology, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, U. B.C., 1970-1986; honorary professor department plant science, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, U. B.C., since 1986; professor emeritus, Institute Animal Resource Ecology, U. B.C., since 1986; Killam senior research fellow, U. B.C., 1980-1981.

Inaugural lecturer C.E. Atwood Memorial Seminar Series, Department Zoology, U. Toronto, 1993.

Achievements

• William George Wellington has been listed as a noteworthy Plant science and ecology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Entomological Society Canada (Gold medal 1968), Royal Society Canada, Explorers Club. Member American Meteorological Society (award 1969), Entomological Society American (C. J. Woodworth award 1979), Japanese Society Population Ecology, Entomological Society Ontario.

Connections

Married Margret Ellen Reiss, September 22, 1959;children: Katherine Jean, Stephen Ross.

Father:

George Wellington

Mother:

Lilly (Rae) Wellington

Spouse:

Margret Ellen Reiss

child:

Katherine Jean Wellington

child:

Stephen Ross Wellington