William Henry Gilbert, III

Background

III, William Henry Gilbert, was born on November 30, 1939 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Henry, Junior and Grace Hildegard (Reinholdz) G.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Massachusetts, 1973.

Career

United States Peace Corps volunteer Ethiopian Ministry of Education, 1964-1966. Research trainee in ecology Marine Biological Laboratory, 1969-1970. Assistant professor Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1970-1976, Ottawa (Kansas) University, 1976-1978.

From assistant professor to professor Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, 1978-1986, professor, head department biology and environmental science, since 1986. Research affiliate Dalhousie University, 1984, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1992.

Achievements

• William Henry Gilbert III has been listed as a notable Biologist, environmental scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Seasonal park ranger National Park Service, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, 1980-1983. Federal park ranger United States Army Corps. Engineers, Lake Red Rock, Iowa, 1984-1997.

Fellow Iowa Academy of Sciences (president 1996-1997). Member Rolling Hills Audubon Society (president 1987-1988), Indianola Breakfast Club (president 1987-1988), Quarter Century Club.

Connections

Married Mary Ann Beecher, January 20, 1968 (divorced September 1978) remarried August 31, 1980. Children: Mary Adelaide Wright, William Henry, IV.

Father:

William Henry G.

Mother:

Grace Hildegard (Reinholdz) G.

Spouse:

Mary Ann Beecher

child:

IV III

child:

William Henry III

child:

Mary Adelaide Wright III