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Born 1935, in Rochester, NY; children: (first Laurence Pringle marriage) Heidi, Jeffrey, Sean; (third marriage) Jesse, Rebecca.

Education: Cornell University, B.S., 1958; University of Massachusetts, M.S., 1960; Syracuse University, doctoral studies, 1960-62. Hobbies and other interests: Photography, films, sports, surf fishing.

Career

Freelance writer and photographer, wildlife biologist, and educator.

Lima Central School, Lima, NY, high school science teacher, 1961-62; American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, associate editor, 1963-65, senior editor, 1965-67, executive editor of Nature and Science (children's magazine), 1967-70; New School for Social Research (now New School University), New York, NY, faculty member, 1976-78; Kean College of New Jersey, Union, writer-in-residence, 1985-86; Highlights for Children Writers Workshop, faculty member, beginning 1985.

Honors Awards

New Jersey Institute of Technology