Biography of Dr. Clarence Tarzwell

TARZWELL, CLARENCE MATTHEW, aquatic biologist; b. Deckerville, Mich.,
Sept. 29, 1907; s. Matthew and Jessie J. (Wilson) T.; m. Vera V.
Paiter, Sept. 3, 1938; children: Diane Kay Tarzwell Siegmund, Barbara
Ann Tarzwell Fahey, Thomas Neil. Student, Eastern Mich. U., 1925-29;
A.B., U. Mich., 1930, M.S., 1932, Ph.D., 1936; Sc.D. (hon.), Baldwin
Wallace Coll., 1967. Inst. Fisheries research fellow Mich. Dept.
Conservation, Ann Arbor, 1930-33; trout stream improvement supr. Mich.
Emergency Conservation Work, Lansing, 1933-34; asst. aquatic biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Salt Lake City, 1934; asst. range
examiner Region 3 U.S. Forest Service, Albuquerque, 1935-38; asso.
biologist, chief field sta. TVA, Decatur, Ala., 1938-43; chief biology
sect. USPHS, Savannah, Ga., 1944-48; sci. dir., chief aquatic biology
sect. R.A. Taft San. Engring. Center, Cin., 1948-65; dir. Nat. Marine
Water Quality Lab., West Kingston, R.I., 1965-72; sr. research adviser
EPA, Nat. Environ. Research Center, Corvallis, Oreg., 1972-75; founding
dir. Nat. Water Quality Lab., Duluth, Minn., 1946-67; adj. prof. Coll.
Resource Dev., U.R.I., Kingston, 1966- 75; vis. prof. Coll. Resource
Devel., U.R.I., 1976-79; mem. aquatic life adv. com. Ohio River Valley
San. Commn., 1952-68, Nat. Acad. Sci.-NRC Com. on Pest Control-Wildlife
Relationships (subcom. on research), 1960-63; mem. expert adv. panel
environ. health WHO, 1962-64; mem. panel fisheries experts FAO,
1962-63; mem. pesticide com. Internat. Assn. Game Fish and Conservation
Commrs., 1960- 61; Am. del. 1st and 2nd internat. meetings sci.
research into water pollution OECD, Paris, 1961, 1962, chmn. internat.
com. on long-term effects toxicants on aquatic life, 1962-65; mem.
adv. com control stream temperatures Pa. San Water Bd., 1959-62; adv.
com. water quality criteria project Calif. Water Pollution Control Bd.,
1961-63; chmn. sec. interior's Nat. Tech. Adv. Com. on Water Quality
Requirements for Fish, Other Acquatic Life and Wildlife, 1967-68;
chmn., mem. Water Pollution Control Fedn.; chmn. com. for devel.
standard methods for bioassays, 1958-75, com. for methods of sampling
and analysis, 1965-74; mem. N.Am. Game policy com., 1971-73; mem. com.
on power plant siting Nat. Acad. Engring.-Nat. Acad. Scis., 1971-72;
pollution abatement com. Am. Fisheries Soc., 1952-73; mem regional
task force, southeastern New Eng. water and related land resources
study New Engl. River Basins Com., 1972-75; cons. Kuwait Inst. Sci.
Research, 1975; mem. R.I. State Wide Planning Council, 1979- 82,
Ecology Action for R.I.; advisor Save the Bay, Bottle Bill Coalition.
Author 120 pubs. aquatic biology, water pollution, water quality
criteria and standards, toxicity studies, pesticides,
malaria control, rodent control. Recipient Conservationist of Year
award, State of Ohio, 1961; Am. Motors Profl. Conservationist award,
1962; Aldo Leopold medal Wildlife Soc., 1963; Meritorious Service
medal USPHS, 1964; Disting. Career award EPA, 1973; Bronze medal EPA,
1974. Mem. A. Fisheries Soc. (hon. life mem, chmn. pollution com.
1950-51, 54-61, mem. 1962-73, award of excellence 1974), Am Soc.
Limnology and Oceanography (nat. adv. com. 1950-51, mem.-at-large
1959, bd. dirs. 1960-62), Societas Internationalis Limnologiae,
Wildlife Soc. (hon. life), Am. Soc. Ichthyologists and
Herpetologists (life), Am. Inst. Biol. Scis., N.Am. Lake Mgmt.
Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi
Sigma, Pi Kappa Delta. Home: 380B Post Rd Wakefield RI 02879.
Who's Who in America, 45th Edition, 1988-89, Vol. 2, p. 3051-2.
Wilmette IL:Marquis Who's Who, 1988.