Douglas Arthur James (July 25, 1925 -- December 17, 2018)
Doug was born in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Collins James and Sigrid Elizabeth Hovey James. He was predeceased by his parents and sister Carol James Wintermute. His marriage to Dr. Frances Rowe Crews produced three daughters: Sigrid, Helen, and Avis. He subsequently married Elizabeth Mary Adam on July 25, 1985. They lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he died
Doug received a Bachelor of Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1946, a Masters degree in 1947, and a PhD at the University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1957. His graduate work focused on the ecology of roosting blackbirds under direction of avian ecologist Dr. S. C. Kendeigh. Doug began teaching at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1953 and was named University Professor of the Biological Sciences in 2004. At his retirement in 2016, he had become the longest serving professor in University of Arkansas history. During his career he taught as a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana (1970-1971), Nepal (1981-1982), and Belize (1988-1989). During his 64 years associated with the University of Arkansas, Doug taught courses including general biology, vertebrate biology, ornithology, mammalogy, animal behavior, and ecology. An authority in ornithology, he was the senior author on Arkansas Birds (UA Press, 1986). Doug mentored eighty-three graduate students: fifty-three master's and thirty doctoral students. He was author and/or coauthor of 114 scientific publications.
Drafted during the Korean War, Doug served as a Research Associate in the US Army (1954-1956) in the Army Chemical Corps at Pine Bluff Arsenal (Arkansas), where he also conducted numerous bird research projects.
Doug helped found the Arkansas Audubon Society in 1955 and the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust in 1972. Doug's students started the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society in 1978. He served on the board of the Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association and endorsed protection of the forests on Kessler Mountain where he lived for many years. His involvement with the Ozark Society and protection of the Buffalo National River is recounted in the Battle for the Buffalo River, by Neil Compton. He also served as a general ecologist in the Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research for the US Atomic Energy Commission (1974-1976). Doug served as president of the Wilson Ornithological Society in 1977-1979.
Doug's favorite bird family was the starlings: Sturnidae. According to Doug, "Starlings are so beautiful, there are so many species, they are so iridescent: they rival hummingbirds in colors." Doug loved marathon running, ballet, opera, hockey, art, all sports, and watched Babe Ruth play at Tiger stadium in Detroit.
A celebration of Doug's life will be announced at a later time. Information will be available on the Moore's Chapel website.
Condolences may be given online at www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.
Published December 23, 2018
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Doug was born in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Collins James and Sigrid Elizabeth Hovey James. He was predeceased by his parents and sister Carol James Wintermute. His marriage to Dr. Frances Rowe Crews produced three daughters: Sigrid, Helen, and Avis. He subsequently married Elizabeth Mary Adam on July 25, 1985. They lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he died
Doug received a Bachelor of Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1946, a Masters degree in 1947, and a PhD at the University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1957. His graduate work focused on the ecology of roosting blackbirds under direction of avian ecologist Dr. S. C. Kendeigh. Doug began teaching at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1953 and was named University Professor of the Biological Sciences in 2004. At his retirement in 2016, he had become the longest serving professor in University of Arkansas history. During his career he taught as a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana (1970-1971), Nepal (1981-1982), and Belize (1988-1989). During his 64 years associated with the University of Arkansas, Doug taught courses including general biology, vertebrate biology, ornithology, mammalogy, animal behavior, and ecology. An authority in ornithology, he was the senior author on Arkansas Birds (UA Press, 1986). Doug mentored eighty-three graduate students: fifty-three master's and thirty doctoral students. He was author and/or coauthor of 114 scientific publications.
Drafted during the Korean War, Doug served as a Research Associate in the US Army (1954-1956) in the Army Chemical Corps at Pine Bluff Arsenal (Arkansas), where he also conducted numerous bird research projects.
Doug helped found the Arkansas Audubon Society in 1955 and the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust in 1972. Doug's students started the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society in 1978. He served on the board of the Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association and endorsed protection of the forests on Kessler Mountain where he lived for many years. His involvement with the Ozark Society and protection of the Buffalo National River is recounted in the Battle for the Buffalo River, by Neil Compton. He also served as a general ecologist in the Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research for the US Atomic Energy Commission (1974-1976). Doug served as president of the Wilson Ornithological Society in 1977-1979.
Doug's favorite bird family was the starlings: Sturnidae. According to Doug, "Starlings are so beautiful, there are so many species, they are so iridescent: they rival hummingbirds in colors." Doug loved marathon running, ballet, opera, hockey, art, all sports, and watched Babe Ruth play at Tiger stadium in Detroit.
A celebration of Doug's life will be announced at a later time. Information will be available on the Moore's Chapel website.
Condolences may be given online at www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.
Published December 23, 2018
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Douglas Arthur James (July 25, 1925 -- December 17, 2018)
Doug was born in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Collins James and Sigrid Elizabeth Hovey James. He was predeceased by his parents and sister Carol James Wintermute. His marriage to Dr. Frances Rowe Crews produced three daughters: Sigrid, Helen, and Avis. He subsequently married Elizabeth Mary Adam on July 25, 1985. They lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he died
Doug received a Bachelor of Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1946, a Masters degree in 1947, and a PhD at the University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1957. His graduate work focused on the ecology of roosting blackbirds under direction of avian ecologist Dr. S. C. Kendeigh. Doug began teaching at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1953 and was named University Professor of the Biological Sciences in 2004. At his retirement in 2016, he had become the longest serving professor in University of Arkansas history. During his career he taught as a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana (1970-1971), Nepal (1981-1982), and Belize (1988-1989). During his 64 years associated with the University of Arkansas, Doug taught courses including general biology, vertebrate biology, ornithology, mammalogy, animal behavior, and ecology. An authority in ornithology, he was the senior author on Arkansas Birds (UA Press, 1986). Doug mentored eighty-three graduate students: fifty-three master's and thirty doctoral students. He was author and/or coauthor of 114 scientific publications.
Drafted during the Korean War, Doug served as a Research Associate in the US Army (1954-1956) in the Army Chemical Corps at Pine Bluff Arsenal (Arkansas), where he also conducted numerous bird research projects.
Doug helped found the Arkansas Audubon Society in 1955 and the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust in 1972. Doug's students started the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society in 1978. He served on the board of the Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association and endorsed protection of the forests on Kessler Mountain where he lived for many years. His involvement with the Ozark Society and protection of the Buffalo National River is recounted in the Battle for the Buffalo River, by Neil Compton. He also served as a general ecologist in the Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research for the US Atomic Energy Commission (1974-1976). Doug served as president of the Wilson Ornithological Society in 1977-1979.
Doug's favorite bird family was the starlings: Sturnidae. According to Doug, "Starlings are so beautiful, there are so many species, they are so iridescent: they rival hummingbirds in colors." Doug loved marathon running, ballet, opera, hockey, art, all sports, and watched Babe Ruth play at Tiger stadium in Detroit.
A celebration of Doug's life will be announced at a later time. Information will be available on the Moore's Chapel website.
Condolences may be given online at www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.
Published December 23, 2018
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Doug was born in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Collins James and Sigrid Elizabeth Hovey James. He was predeceased by his parents and sister Carol James Wintermute. His marriage to Dr. Frances Rowe Crews produced three daughters: Sigrid, Helen, and Avis. He subsequently married Elizabeth Mary Adam on July 25, 1985. They lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he died
Doug received a Bachelor of Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1946, a Masters degree in 1947, and a PhD at the University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1957. His graduate work focused on the ecology of roosting blackbirds under direction of avian ecologist Dr. S. C. Kendeigh. Doug began teaching at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1953 and was named University Professor of the Biological Sciences in 2004. At his retirement in 2016, he had become the longest serving professor in University of Arkansas history. During his career he taught as a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana (1970-1971), Nepal (1981-1982), and Belize (1988-1989). During his 64 years associated with the University of Arkansas, Doug taught courses including general biology, vertebrate biology, ornithology, mammalogy, animal behavior, and ecology. An authority in ornithology, he was the senior author on Arkansas Birds (UA Press, 1986). Doug mentored eighty-three graduate students: fifty-three master's and thirty doctoral students. He was author and/or coauthor of 114 scientific publications.
Drafted during the Korean War, Doug served as a Research Associate in the US Army (1954-1956) in the Army Chemical Corps at Pine Bluff Arsenal (Arkansas), where he also conducted numerous bird research projects.
Doug helped found the Arkansas Audubon Society in 1955 and the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust in 1972. Doug's students started the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society in 1978. He served on the board of the Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association and endorsed protection of the forests on Kessler Mountain where he lived for many years. His involvement with the Ozark Society and protection of the Buffalo National River is recounted in the Battle for the Buffalo River, by Neil Compton. He also served as a general ecologist in the Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research for the US Atomic Energy Commission (1974-1976). Doug served as president of the Wilson Ornithological Society in 1977-1979.
Doug's favorite bird family was the starlings: Sturnidae. According to Doug, "Starlings are so beautiful, there are so many species, they are so iridescent: they rival hummingbirds in colors." Doug loved marathon running, ballet, opera, hockey, art, all sports, and watched Babe Ruth play at Tiger stadium in Detroit.
A celebration of Doug's life will be announced at a later time. Information will be available on the Moore's Chapel website.
Condolences may be given online at www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.
Published December 23, 2018
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