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From: Irene Pepperberg [mailto:impepper at MEDIA.MIT.EDU]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 6:12 PM
To: OCNET-L at LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Fwd: DRIFT Announcement: Obituary for Bill Calder


William Alexander Calder III, age 67 of Tucson, passed away unexpectedly
on April 23, 2002 after a courageous but brief battle with leukemia. A
passionate university educator, and a loving husband and father, he was
born September 2, 1934 in Cambridge Massachusetts. He was a smoke-jumper
for the Forest Service, a pilot in the U.S. Coastguard, and Park Ranger
and Naturalist in Grand Teton and Glacier National Parks. He earned his
Masters Degree in Zoology from Washington State University in 1963 and his
Ph.D. as a National Science Foundation Scholar in Zoology from Duke
University in 1966.

Dr. Calder began his teaching career with the University of Arizona in
1969, teaching until he was taken so suddenly from his classroom by his
illness. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Sciences and the
author of many scientific papers and textbook chapters. He was nationally
and internationally recognized as an expert on hummingbirds, and delighted
in educating the general public. He reached across the border to foster
scientific collaboration with his colleagues in Mexico, he especially
supported opportunities for women and people of color in academic biology,
and he established several scholarships to broaden academic opportunities
and inspire students who might not otherwise have pursued scientific study.

Bill lived and taught passionately, combining his unbridled enthusiasm for
scientific enquiry with deeply held personal ethics and compassionate
human values. He was a tireless advocate and generous philanthropist for
social equality, environmental conservation, and non-violent resolution of
human conflict. He served on the Boards of Directors of numerous local and
national conservation organizations. He loved music and was a founding
member of the Tucson Mandolin Society.

Dr. Calder is known as a man who truly lived by the principles he
advocated, and did so with an abiding integrity and honesty that has
deeply influenced many, much more than he knew. He lived his life with
deep compassion for everyone around him, and he met life's challenges and
even his own illness with a wry humor, humility, and optimism that will be
long remembered.

He is survived by his beloved and devoted wife Lorene of Tucson, to whom
he was married for 47 years, his daughter Susan Shaw (David) of Washington
State, son Bill Jr. (Jill) of Wyoming, sister Frances Arnold (Frank) of
Alaska, stepmother Frances Calder of Georgia, stepbrothers Alan Calder and
Kevin Calder, and his beloved grandchildren Ally, Kara, Katy and Ben.

Contributions in his memory may be made to the many organizations
supporting conservation and social justice that were dear to him,
including the Audubon Society Educational Fund and the Nature Conservancy.
A celebration will be held on Monday April 29th at 4:30 PM at the Tucson
Botanical Gardens.
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Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html