Background
Elder, William Hanna was born on December 24, 1913 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert A. and Margaret (Hanna) Elder.
Elder, William Hanna was born on December 24, 1913 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert A. and Margaret (Hanna) Elder.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1936; the Master of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1942.
Game technician, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1941-1943; toxicologist, National Defense Research Committee, University of Chicago, 1943-1945; assistant professor zoology, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1945-1947; associate professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1948-1951; professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1952-1954; department chairman zoology, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1950-1953; William Rucker professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1954-1984; professor emeritus, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1984; Sabbatical year study in, Europe, 1953.
Member Nature Conservancy (president Missouri 1959, 68), Society Mammalogists, Wildlife Society, Wilson Ornithological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha.
Married Nina Leopold, September 20, 1941. Children— Nina, Patricia. Married Glennis Martin, March 31, 1973.