Clyde Jones
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Clyde Jones was born on March 3, 1935 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He died in Lubbock on April 6, 2015. After graduating from Burwell High School, he studied at Hastings College, Nebraska. He received his BS in 1957. He graduated from the University of New Mexico, where he received both the MS (1960) and PhD (1964). In 1979, Dr. Jones became chief of the mammal section of the Bird and Mammal Laboratories of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service housed in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History. He returned to Texas Tech in 1982, serving as professor of biological sciences and curator of mammals at the Natural Science Research Laboratory of Texas Tech. He was a Paul Whitfield Horn Professor. About the collections: Papers, 1866-2006 (9 boxes) contains correspondence, research and teaching materials. Slides, 1964-2005 (5 boxes) includes slides, photographs and other materials, primarily images of trips for research. |
Last updated July 9, 2021