Frederick Aldrich

Frederick Aldrich in his laboratory at Memorial University with one of the 15 giant squid specimens he examined.[1]

Frederick Allen Aldrich AB, M.Sc., Ph.D. (May 1, 1927 – July 12, 1991) was a prominent marine biologist and educator. He is best remembered for his research on giant squid.

Aldrich was born in Butler, New Jersey, and attended Rutgers University, where he earned his doctorate.[2][3] He began working at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1961 as an associate professor of biology. Two years later he became head of the department. He became the first director of the Marine Sciences Research Laboratory at Logy Bay in 1967. In 1990, Aldrich became the Moses Harvey Professor of Marine Biology, a named chair that he would hold until his death.

The squid species Australiteuthis aldrichi is named after him.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ellis, R. 1998. The Search for the Giant Squid. Lyons Press (London).
  2. ↑ McLeod, Don. "First sub-Arctic type: Marine lab opens in May", Leader-Post, September 29, 1966. Accessed July 2, 2011. "Dr. Aldrich, 39-year-old native of Butler, N.J., who came to Memorial five years ago from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, expects to have a staff of eventually 100, probably 48 of them senior researchers."
  3. ↑ Frederick A. Aldrich, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Accessed July 2, 2011. "Frederick Allen Aldrich, AB, M.Sc., PhD, was born in Butler, New Jersey, on May 1, 1927. Following the award of his doctorate in marine biology and physiology from Rutgers University, he served for seven years as curator of invertebrates at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia."
  4. ↑ Lu, C.C. 2005. A new family of myopsid squid from Australasian waters (Cephalopoda: Teuthida). P. 71-82. In: Chotiyaputta, C., E.M.C. Hatfield & C.C. Lu (eds.). Cephalopod biology, recruitment and culture. International Cephalopod Symposium and Workshop, 17–21 February 2003. Research Bulletin, Phyuket Marine Biological Center, No. 66, Published by the Center Phuket, Thailand, July 2005, 365 pp.