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Academic Appointees
at Natural History
1977

In 1977 a total of 17 fellowship appointments were recorded at Natural History, including 0 Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships, 12 Postdoctoral Fellowships, 5 Predoctoral Fellowships, 0 Ten-week Graduate Student Fellowships, 0 Visiting Scholar/Student appointments, and 0 Short-term Visitor appointments (short-term visitor appointments are not listed here).

* Indicates an SI fellow who went on to become part of the NMNH scientific community.

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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Chatterjee, Sankar. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Calcutta University, India. "Study of North American Mesozoic Vertebrates and a Comparison of Indian Gondwana Vertebrates with North American." Working with Nicholas Hotton. Department of Paleobiology. 01-May-77 to 30-Apr-78.

Hatton, Christopher J. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town, South Africa. "Study of Igneous Processes Relevant to the Relation of Periodotites and Eclogites; Geochemistry and Geographical Relation of Diamondiferous Eclogites." Working with Brian Mason. Department of Mineral Sciences. 01-Mar-78 to 28-Feb-79.

Johnson, George D. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. "Systematics and Functional Morphology of the Perciformes Fishes." Working with Victor Springer. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 15-Sep-77 to 14-Sep-78.

*Kensley, Brian F. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town, South Africa. "Taxonomic Revision of the Isopoda Anthuridea." Working with Thomas Bowman. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Jul-77 to 30-Jun-78.

Klar, Kathryn A. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley. "Southern California Indian Languages Particularly Chumash, using the Manuscripts of John P. Harrington." Working with Ives Goddard. Department of Anthropology. 10-Oct-77 to 30-Sep-78.

Lackey, James A. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Iowa State University. "Taxonomic Study of American Phaseolinae." Working with Richard Cowan. 01-Jun-77 to 31-May-78.

Mitter, Charles W. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New York, Stony Brook. "Evolution of Feeding Habits in Catocala the Underwing Moths." Working with John Burns. Department of Entomology. 01-Sep-77 to 31-Aug-78.

Pilger, John F. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California. "Systematics, Reproduction, and Distribution of Themiste (Sipuncula) on the East Coast of North America." Working with Mary Rice. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Sep-77 to 31-Aug-78.

Ruppert, Edward E. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina. "Comparative Investigation of Pharynges in Pseudocoelomates, One Group of Lophophorates, And One Group of Annelida." Working with Mary Rice. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Oct-77 to 30-Sep-78.

Ryan, Michael P. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Pennsylvania State University. "Mechanics and Thermal Structures of Near-Surface Magma Reservoirs of Kilauea and Mauna Loa Volcanoes on Hawaii." Working with Richard Fiske. Department of Mineral Sciences. 01-Dec-77 to 30-Nov-78.

Skelton, Peter W. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford University, England. "Paleobiological Interpretations of New World Rudists, Clarifying in Greater Detail Evolutionary Trends in their Functional Design." Working with Thomas Waller. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Oct-77 to 30-Sep-78.

Williamson, Ray A. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland. "The Astronomical Record of the Pre-Historic Pueblo Indian." Working with Waldo Wedel. Department of Anthropology. 01-Sep-77 to 31-Aug-78.

PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Kaplan, Susan A. SI Predoctoral Fellow, Bryn Mawr College. "Technological and Functional Studies of Bone Implements from the Arctic." Working with Dennis Stanford. Department of Anthropology. 01-Sep-77 to 31-Aug-78.

Muzik, Katherine M. SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Miami. "Systematics of Hawaiian Octocorallia." Working with Frederick Bayer. 01-Sep-77 to 31-Aug-78.

Peters, Susan M.F. SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh. "Systematic Revision of the Platyrrhini (Mammalia, Primates)." Working with Richard Thorington. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 15-Sep-77 to 14-Sep-78.

Potter, Stephen R. SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Carolina. "Late Woodland Manifestations in Lower Potomac and Rappahannock River Valleys; Foundations for Historic Chiefdoms." Working with Clifford Evans. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jan-78 to 31-Dec-79.

Savitzky, Alan H. SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas. "The Intergeneric Relationships of Xenodontine Snakes." Working with George Zug. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Reptiles and Amphibians. 01-Jul-77 to 30-Jun-78.