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Wilbur Waldo Mayhew

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135:. Mayhew said that he "could do biology much more good by going out and saving land for other people two or three more papers So, when I finally got my professorship in 1969, from then on is when I really went after land." Bill served as director of the UCR-administered reserves from 1969 to 1990, searching out properties, evaluating them, and identifying prospective donors throughout his tenure. Through his efforts Riverside, the smallest of the UC campuses, administered more reserves than any other campus when he retired. 126:
growth spurt. He used any opportunity to protect land for research and teaching. In 1958, he encouraged Philip Boyd to donate some land that later became the Boyd Deep Canyon Reserve, and in 1963 he obtained 160 acres of land from the
357: 347: 352: 27: 362: 63: 47: 307: 54:, Mayhew was involved in missions in Asia and North Africa until his plane was shot down over Sicily and crashed on 128: 162: 132: 342: 337: 75: 43: 186: 26:(March 17, 1920 - September 19, 2014) was an American biologist and founding faculty member of the 288: 241: 110: 99: 79: 280: 233: 272: 225: 67: 39: 71: 331: 122:
Mayhew soon grew concerned about the disappearance of wild lands during the post-war
95: 51: 123: 104: 30:'s biology department where he worked from 1954 until his retirement in 1989. 284: 237: 114:, among other taxa. He was tenured as an associate professor at UCR in 1969. 90:
Mayhew's research focused on California wildlife, with special interest in
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on March 17, 1920. In 1921, Mayhew's family moved from Colorado to
55: 214:"Biology of the Granite Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus orcutti" 261:"Reproduction in the Psammophilous Lizard Uma scoparia" 94:. Mayhew was initially hired as an instructor to teach 187:"Wilbur W. Mayhew: National Air and Space Museum" 102:. He published studies on lizards of the genera 58:in 1943. Following World War II, Mayhew studied 308:"Founding member of UC Riverside passes away" 8: 358:University of California, Berkeley alumni 143: 7: 348:People from El Paso County, Colorado 157: 155: 153: 151: 149: 147: 28:University of California, Riverside 64:University of California, Berkeley 14: 167:senate.universityofcalifornia.edu 78:in 1953 under the supervision of 218:The American Midland Naturalist 306:Zahn, Amy (18 November 2014). 1: 353:Modesto Junior College alumni 98:and later various courses in 46:. In 1940, Mayhew joined the 163:"Wilbur (Bill) Waldo Mayhew" 48:United States Army Air Corps 379: 259:Mayhew, Wilbur W. (1966). 212:Mayhew, Wilbur W. (1963). 363:American conservationists 129:Bureau of Land Management 118:Conservation and activism 34:Early life and education 74:in 1951, and finally a 133:Box Springs Mountains 38:Mayhew was born near 44:Stockton, California 86:Research and career 20:Wilbur Waldo Mayhew 191:airandspace.si.edu 100:vertebrate biology 80:A. Starker Leopold 16:American biologist 24:Bill Waldo Mayhew 370: 323: 322: 320: 318: 303: 297: 296: 256: 250: 249: 209: 203: 202: 200: 198: 183: 177: 176: 174: 173: 159: 22:, also known as 378: 377: 373: 372: 371: 369: 368: 367: 328: 327: 326: 316: 314: 305: 304: 300: 277:10.2307/1440768 258: 257: 253: 230:10.2307/2422913 211: 210: 206: 196: 194: 185: 184: 180: 171: 169: 161: 160: 145: 141: 120: 88: 66:, receiving an 40:Yoder, Colorado 36: 17: 12: 11: 5: 376: 374: 366: 365: 360: 355: 350: 345: 340: 330: 329: 325: 324: 298: 271:(1): 114–122. 251: 224:(2): 310–327. 204: 178: 142: 140: 137: 119: 116: 87: 84: 35: 32: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 375: 364: 361: 359: 356: 354: 351: 349: 346: 344: 341: 339: 336: 335: 333: 313: 309: 302: 299: 294: 290: 286: 282: 278: 274: 270: 266: 262: 255: 252: 247: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 219: 215: 208: 205: 193:. Smithsonian 192: 188: 182: 179: 168: 164: 158: 156: 154: 152: 150: 148: 144: 138: 136: 134: 130: 125: 117: 115: 113: 112: 107: 106: 101: 97: 93: 85: 83: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 33: 31: 29: 25: 21: 315:. Retrieved 311: 301: 268: 264: 254: 221: 217: 207: 195:. Retrieved 190: 181: 170:. Retrieved 166: 121: 109: 103: 96:parasitology 89: 70:in 1948, an 52:World War II 37: 23: 19: 18: 343:2014 deaths 338:1920 births 332:Categories 312:Highlander 172:2022-04-18 139:References 124:California 105:Sceloporus 285:0045-8511 238:0003-0031 50:. During 317:18 April 197:18 April 92:reptiles 293:1440768 246:2422913 131:in the 62:at the 60:zoology 291:  283:  265:Copeia 244:  236:  289:JSTOR 242:JSTOR 76:Ph.D. 56:Malta 319:2022 281:ISSN 269:1966 234:ISSN 199:2022 108:and 72:M.A. 68:A.B. 273:doi 226:doi 111:Uma 334:: 310:. 287:. 279:. 267:. 263:. 240:. 232:. 222:69 220:. 216:. 189:. 165:. 146:^ 82:. 321:. 295:. 275:: 248:. 228:: 201:. 175:.

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University of California, Riverside
Yoder, Colorado
Stockton, California
United States Army Air Corps
World War II
Malta
zoology
University of California, Berkeley
A.B.
M.A.
Ph.D.
A. Starker Leopold
reptiles
parasitology
vertebrate biology
Sceloporus
Uma
California
Bureau of Land Management
Box Springs Mountains






"Wilbur (Bill) Waldo Mayhew"
"Wilbur W. Mayhew: National Air and Space Museum"
"Biology of the Granite Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus orcutti"
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