Background
Lidicker, William Zander was born on August 19, 1932 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of William Zander and Frida (Schroeter) Lidicker.
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William Zander Lidicker
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Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1953; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1957.
Career
Instructor zoology, assistant curator mammals, University of California, Berkeley, 1957-1959; assistant professor, assistant curator, University of California, 1959-1965; associate professor, associate curator, University of California, 1965-1969; associate director, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, 1968-1981; acting director, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, 1974-1975; professor zoology, curator mammals, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, 1969-1989; professor integrative biology, curator of mammals, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, 1989-1994; professor, curator emeritus, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Northern California Committee for Environmental Information, 1971-1977. Board of trustees BIOSIS, 1987-1992, chairman, 1992. North America representative steering committee, section Mammalogy IUBS, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1978-1989.
Chairman rodent specialist group Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature, 1980-1989. Member science advisory board Marine World Foundation at Marine World Africa United States of America, 1987-1998. President Dehnel-Petrusewicz Memorial Fund,1985-1997, secretary-treasurer, since 1999.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, California Academy Sciences. Member American Society Mammalogists (director, 2dv.p. 1974-1976, president 1976-1978, C.H. Merriam award 1986, elected honorary member 1995), American Society Naturalists, Berkeley Folk Dancers Club (president 1969, teacher since 1984), Westwind International Folk Ensemble (dancer since 1994), others.
Connections
Married Naomi Ishino, August 18,1956 (divorced October, 1982). Children: Jeffrey Roger, Kenneth Paul. Married Louise N. DeLonzor, June 5, 1989.
