Reeve Maclaren Bailey (May 2, 1911, inFairmont,West Virginia[1] – July 2, 2011, inAnn Arbor,Michigan) was anAmericanichthyologist.
Born inWest Virginia, Bailey was raised inPerrysburg andToledo, Ohio. In 1944, he returned to University of Michigan as a curator of fishes at the Museum of Zoology. He conducted extensive field research in the U.S., Bermuda, Guatemala, Bolivia, Paraguay, Zambia, and Thailand. Bailey was awardedDoctor of Philosophy degree from theUniversity of Michigan in 1938.[2] Bailey was the president of theAmerican Fisheries Society in 1974–1975.[2]
Personal life
editIn 1939, Bailey married Marian Kregel. They had four children. She predeceased him in 2009. He died in 2011, aged 100, and was survived by his four children, three grandchildren, and two great–grandchildren.[3]
References
edit- ^"Copeia - Historical Perspectives - Reeve Maclaren Bailey".Copeia.4:1118–1124. December 2000.JSTOR 144802. Retrieved30 October 2020.
- ^abRegents of the University of Michigan."Memoir - Faculty History Project".University of Michigan#Millennium Project.University of Michigan. RetrievedNovember 1, 2020.
- ^Obituary, obits.mlive.com. Accessed December 11, 2023.
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