Lawrence M. Page (born April 17, 1944) is an American Ichthyologist.[1] He is a principal scientist emeritus at the Illinois Natural History Survey, an affiliate professor at the University of Florida, and the Curator of Fishes at the Florida Museum of Natural History.[2] He also served as the project director for iDigBio from 2011 to 2019.[3][4] Over the course of his career he has published over 200 papers and nine books.[5]
Early life and education
editPage was born in Fairbury, Illinois and grew up in Lexington.[1][6] After developing an childhood interest in identifying fish he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Illinois State University in 1966.[7][1][4] He graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Master of Science in Zoology in 1968 and a PhD in Zoology in 1972.[6][4]
Career
editAfter finishing graduate school, Page joined the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) to work on statewide surveys of the fish species present in Illinois.[6] He was employeed as a fish biologist for architectural engineering firm Sargent & Lundy in 1972 and a consultant for the Missouri Botanical Garden from 1973 to 1976.[1] He served as an associate ichthyologist at the University of Kansas from 1979 to 1995. He became a full professor at the University of Illinois in 1980.[1][4]
In 1989 Page became the director of the INHS, a position he held 1996. He became a principal scientist emeritus at the INHS in 2001.[4] His work at the INHS cataloguing extant and extirpated fish species within Illinois resulted in the publication of An Atlas of Illinois Fishes in 2022.[6]
Awards and recognition
edit- Fellow, American Fisheries Society; 2018[8]
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; 2019[3]
- Fullbright award for study of freshwater fish in Thailand; 2020[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "Lawrence Merle Page". American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences. Gale. 2008. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Larry M. Page". Florida Museum. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b van Hoose, Natalie (26 November 2019). "Two Florida Museum scientists elected 2019 AAAS fellows". Florida Museum. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Page, Lawrence (July 2023). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Florida Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "LAS Alumni Achievement Award". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. 2024. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d Barker, Trish (21 April 2023). "LAS honors Lawrence Page for impact on biodiversity research". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Holliday, Jill. "Dr. Larry Page: Documenting Diversity". iDigBio. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Lawrence M. Page from Gainesville, Florida Receives Fellow Award from the American Fisheries Society". American Fisheries Society. 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Marchese, Halle (3 April 2020). "Lawrence Page receives Fulbright award to study freshwater fish in Thailand". Florida Museum. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.