Austin Loomer Rand (December 16, 1905 - November 6, 1982) was a Canadian zoologist. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British...

He was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia in 1905 and grew up in nearby Wolfville. He received a Bachelor of Science from Acadian University. Kentville (2001 population 5,610) is the largest town in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Wolfville, formerly known as Mud Creek, is a small town in the rural Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, located about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ...

In 1929, while still a graduate student at Cornell University, he travelled on an expedition to Madagascar as collector of birds. Rand published the results as his thesis for his Ph.D.. An expedition to New Guinea followed. Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ...

In 1942, Rand became assistant zoologist at the National Museum of Canada, now the Canadian Museum of Nature, where he worked with ornithologist Percy A. Taverner and mammologist Rudolph Martin Anderson. From 1947-1955, he was curator of birds at the Field Museum in Chicago and was chief Curator of Zoology there from 1955 to 1970. The east face of the Victoria Memorial Museum Building Ottawa, Canadas Canadian Museum of Nature is housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Building, built in former farm fields in 1905 This massive stone structure is an excellent example of early 20th century architecture in Ottawa, and was built by... Rudolph Martin Anderson (June 30, 1876 – June 21, 1961) was a Canadian zoologist and explorer. ... Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago The Field Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, sits on Lake Shore Drive next to Lake Michigan, part of a scenic complex called known as the Museum Campus which includes Soldier Field, the football stadium that is the home of the Chicago... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

He was a frequent contributor to The Auk, a publication of the American Ornithologists' Union. The American Ornithologists Union (AOU) is the oldest and largest organization in the New World devoted to the scientific study of birds. ...

He died in 1982.

External Link

• In Memoriam - The Auk (http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v101n03/p0600-p0602.pdf)