Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecological Sciences, Prof.
Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Florida
Crawford Holling was born in Theresa, New York, and came to Canada at the age of 5. He became a zoologist and ecologist. His central thesis emphasizes understanding how systems maintain their structure in the face of disturbances, rather than trying to control variation. He is a recipient of the Mercer Award and the Austrian Cross of Honour for Sciences and Art.
Holling came to Canada in 1935. BA, U. of Toronto, 1952; MA, 1954; PhD (Zool), UBC, 1957. Project Leader Ecology & Environment 1973-75, Internat. Inst. for Applied Systems Analysis; Consultant: US Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Biol. Services, Washington, DC, 1978-82; Environment Can. Planning & Finance Ottawa 1975-77; Ford Foundation, NY, 1967-74 (Ecology); Research Offr., Forest Insect Lab., Can. Dept. Forestry, Ont., 1952-64; Scient. 4, Forest Research Lab., BC 1965-67; Prof. Inst. Animal Resource Ecol. and Dept. Zool. UBC 1967-89; Dir., Inst. Animal Resource Ecol. UBC 1969-73; Dir., Internat. Inst. for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 1981-84; Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecological Sciences, Prof. Dept. Zoology, U. of Florida, 1989-; recipient George Mercer Award Ecol. Soc. Am. 1966; Gold Medal Entomol. Soc. Can. 1969-70; Fellow, Royal Soc. Can. 1970; Austrian Cross of Honour for Sciences & Art 1985.
Sources: Canadian Who's Who, 1993; Journal of Bus. Admin., Winter-Fall, 1990
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