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Re: [EuroTwitch] Dr James F Clements 1927-2005

To: Gunnar Engblom <>
Subject: Re: [EuroTwitch] Dr James F Clements 1927-2005
From: Szimike <>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:42:24 +0200 (CEST)
Hi,

Anyone knows if the current project of continuous update of the
Checklist of the Birds of the World is going to be continued?

BR: Szimi


Gunnar Engblom (Kolibri Expeditions) <>
írta:

> Maybe people know already that Clements passed away last
week.The
> obituary below was done by his brother.
>
> Saludos
>
> Gunnar
>
> Gunnar Engblom-Lima, Peru.
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> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: 
 En
> nombre de Gunnar Engblom (Kolibri Expeditions)
> Enviado el: Lunes, 13 de Junio de 2005 03:05 p.m.
> Para: 
> Asunto: [Birdingperu] Dr James F Clements 1927-2005
>
>
> Noam Shany asked me to re-send this to the list. It is a sad loss for
> all birders.
>
> Gunnar
>
>
> Dr James F Clements
> 1927-2005
>
>             Dr James Franklin Clements: brother, husband, father,
> naturalist, entrepreneur, adventurer, diplomat, leader, and friend,
was
> born October 31, 1927 in New York. He passed away on June 9,
2005, at
> Tri-City Hospital in Oceanside, California from complications associated
> with acute myloid leukemia.
> Jim spent most of his early years in the Graham School Orphanage in
> Hastings-on-Hudson. He joined the Merchant Marine at age 15, and
shifted
> to the navy when he was of age seeing service on the Philippine Sea
> aircraft carrier.
> He started his post secondary education at Beloit College in
Wisconsin,
> married Mary Norton, and completed his undergraduate education at
the
> University of Minnesota.
> He served his country again during the Korean conflict, this time in the
> United Stated Air Force. His family, which now included two sons,
moved
> to California in 1952 where he eventually became a partner in the
> successful printing firm of George Rice & Sons. He received his PhD
from
> California Western University in 1975. His thesis became the first
> edition of his Birds of the World, A Check List, which has since sold
> five editions and is used by tens of thousands of bird watchers
> internationally. The Smithsonian Institute recently contacted Dr.
> Clements to use his list in their plan to classify each of the 9800
> birds in the world.
> After retiring in 1988 Jim founded Ibis Publishing Company, and
> subsequently produced a number of books, including: A Natural
History of
> the Waterfowl, by Frank Todd, California Birds, by Arnold Small, A Field
> Guide to the Birds of Yap Island, Ornamental Trees of San Diego, A
Field
> Guide to the Birds of Peru, Clements and Shany, Birds and Mammals of
> Antarctica, by Frank Todd.
> In his role as an accomplished naturalist he has funded several
> enterprises in Ecuador, Peru, Baja California. In 1989 he raised money
> for the Schreiber Hall of Birds at the Los Angeles Natural History
> Museum by viewing a record number of bird species seen in a
calendar
> year and donating funds pledged by individuals and organizations to
the
> museum. Recently Jim received the high honor of having a bird named
> after him, The Iquitos Gnatcatcher, Polioptila clementsi.
> In 1986 Dr. Kamuzu Bonda, President of the Republic of Malawi,
appointed
> Dr. Clements as Honorary Consul General for the State of California.
He
> was past president of many civic organizations including the San
Diego
> Museum of Natural History and the Explorer's Clubs of Los Angeles
and
> San Diego.
> Dr.Clements is survived by his wife, Karen of Temecula, CA., a brother
> Robert of San Francisco, step son Dave of Murietta, step son Tim of
> Temecula, son Bob of Salt Lake City, son Dan of Everett, WA., and
eight
> grand children.
>
>
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