Background
Blair, William Reid was born on January 27, 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Reid and Jeannette (Houston) Blair.
Blair, William Reid was born on January 27, 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Reid and Jeannette (Houston) Blair.
Doctor of Veterinary Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1902, Doctor of Laws from same university in 1928.
Veterinarian and pathologist, New York Zoöl. Park, 1902-1922; professor comparative pathology, Veterinary Department New York University, 1905-1917. Consultant veterinarian, New York State Department Agriculture Assistant director New York Zoöl.
Park, 1922-1926, director, 1926-1940.
Executive secretary American Committee International Wild Life Protection since 1938. President Veterinary Medical Society, 1922-1923.
Vice-president and trustee Bronx. Society of Arts and Sciences.
Life member, fellow New York Zoöl.
Society. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geography Society. Life member Quebec Zoöl.
Society; member of council New York Academy Sciences.
Corresponding member Royal Zoöl. Society of Ireland, Zoöl. Society of London, International Society for Preservation of European Bison.
Life member Society for Preservation of Fauna of the Empire.
Trustee American Society of Mammalogists. Senior fellow American Institute of Park Executives.
Member National Institute of Social Sciences, American Veterinary Medical assosiation, New York Graduates Society of McGill University, Phi Beta Zeta. Commissioned major, Veterinary corpus, United States army, 1917.
Served in France and Germany as chief veterinary 4th Army Corps, 1918-1919.
Honorary discharged, June 1919. Colonel Reserve Corps. United States Army, 1923.
Received Citation of Merit, Park Association of New York City, 1940.
Active in wild life conservation of birds and mammals.
Clubs: Century.
Married Mildred Myrtle Kelly, October 29, 1896.