In Memory: William B. Jackson

Authors

Michael W. Fall

Date of this Version

Fall 2010

Document Type

Article

Citation

Human–Wildlife Interactions (Fall 2010) 4(2): article 19

doi: 10.26077/369j-sf80

Abstract

Dr. William B. Jackson of
Chicago,
Illinois, passed
away
July
15,
2010.
He
was
a
scientist,
teacher,
husband, father, grandfather,
and
 friend. Over the years, he
 served
as an
advisor
and
mentor
to
many people
who
found
their
way
to
his
classes
or
offices
at
Bowling Green
State
University
(BGSU).

Over
the
course
of
his
career he
published more than
200
 technical
and
popular
papers
and
book
chapters,
and
he
lent
his
expertise
to
60
Minutes,
Discovery
Channel,
History
Channel,
National
Geographic
Society,
Time
Magazine,
and
others.
He
was
past
chairman of
the
American
Society
for
Testing
and
Materials
 subcommittee on vertebrate
pesticides. For
20
 years,
he
served
as
the
executive
director
of
Pi
Chi
Omega,
the
national
professional
honorary
society,
supporting
 the
science
of
pest
control. In
1995,
he
was
given
the
Lifetime
Achievement
 Award
for
“superior
efforts
to
enhance
human–wildlife
 relationships” by the
 Berryman Institute
at
Utah
State
University.