Berryman, Jack H.

Jack Holmes Berryman (1921-1999) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. In December of 1941 Berryman enlisted in the United States Navy (as a Marine) and fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II, seeing action in the Mariana Islands. By 1947 Berryman had earned a B.S. and M.S. in Ecology from the University of Utah. During Berryman's career he worked for the Fish & Wildlife Service and conducted research on animal habitat. He taught at Utah State University from 1959 to 1965 before accepting a job in Washington, D.C. from the Federal Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and later the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. From 1979 until his death, Berryman worked for the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. He received a number of awards, a fact recorded in his photograph collection. Some of these include: a Special Service Award from the Department of the Interior, the Seth Gordon Award, membership in the National Honorary Forestry Society, the Aldo Leopold Award, the Special Conservation Achievment Award, and membership in The International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Utah State University founded the Jack Berryman Institute for Wildlife Damage Management in his honor in 1993.

From the description of Jack H. Berryman photograph collection, 1947-1999. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 226317060

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