King, James Roger, 1927-1991

Occupation
Ornithologists
Zoologists
College teachers
University and college faculty members

found: His Bioenergetics and regulation of vernal premigratory adiposity in the white-crowned sparrow, 1958.

found: Mugaas, J. N. Annual variation of daily energy expenditure by the black-billed magpie, c1981 (a.e.)t.p. (James R. King, Dept. of Zoology, Wash. State Univ., Pullman)

found: Wikipedia (website), viewed June 17, 2022:James Roger King (James Roger King (1927-1991) was an American ornithologist, specializing in avian physiology. After graduating from Santa Clara High School, King served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1946. He then matriculated at San Jose State College, where he graduated in 1950 with a B.A. in biological and physical sciences. King became a graduate student at Washington State College, where he graduated in zoology with an M.A. in 1953 and a Ph.D. in 1957. His doctoral thesis, supervised by Donald S. Farner, dealt with "premigratory adiposity in the White-crowned Sparrow". From 1957 to 1960 King was an assistant professor in experimental biology at the University of Utah. In the zoology department Washington State University, he was from 1960 to 1962 an assistant professor, from 1962 to 1967 an associate professor, and from 1967 until his death a full professor. He was the chair of the department from 1972 to 1978. King was the editor-in-chief of The Condor from 1965 to 1968 and, for the last 20 years of his life, was the co-editor, with Donald S. Farner, of the multi-volume series Avian Biology. Washington State University's Department of Zoology annually awards a James R. King Memorial Fellowship for graduate students) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Roger_King