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| − | '''Leslie Lloyd Glasgow''' (March 29, 1914 – August 3, 1980) was a [[Louisiana State University]] [[professor]] and advocate of conservation of natural resources who was director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, then known as the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission],from 1966 to 1968 during the administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] and then from 1969 to 1970 the assistant [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] under [[Walter Hickel]], with duties over Fish, Wildlife, Parks, and Marine Resources, in the first half of the first term of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]]. | + | '''Leslie Lloyd Glasgow''' (March 29, 1914 – August 3, 1980) was a [[Louisiana State University]] [[professor]] and advocate of conservation of natural resources who was director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, then known as the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission],from 1966 to 1968 during the administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] and then from 1969 to 1970 the assistant [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] under Walter Hickel, with duties over Fish, Wildlife, Parks, and Marine Resources, in the first half of the first term of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]]. |
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| − | A native of Portland in Jay County in eastern [[Indiana]], Glasgow was one of seven children of James and Margaret Glasgow. In 1942, he married the former Garnet Confer (1916-2003), and the couple had three sons, Vaughn, Hugh, and Robert. Glasgow served in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces in [[World War II]]. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in 1943 from [[Purdue University]] in West Lafayette, Indiana, and his [[Master of Science]] in 1948 from the [[University of Maine]] at Orono, [[Maine]].<ref name=bio/> | + | A native of Portland in Jay County in eastern [[Indiana]], Glasgow was one of seven children of James and Margaret Glasgow. In 1942, he married the former Garnet Confer (1916-2003), and the couple had three sons, Vaughn, Hugh, and Robert. Glasgow served in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces in [[World War II]]. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in 1943 from [[Purdue University]] in West Lafayette, Indiana, and his [[Master of Science]] in 1948 from the University of Maine at Orono, [[Maine]].<ref name=bio/> |
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| | Glasgow worked as a waterfowl biologist for the state of Indiana until he joined the LSU faculty in 1948. In 1958, having taken leave for two semesters from LSU, he received his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Texas A&M University]] at [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]]. His [[dissertation]] is a study of the woodcock, the research of which he conducted at the LSU Agricultural Experiment Station. Glasgow was known for his research on the [[ecology]] of the Louisiana marshes and related wildlife. He was promoted to full professor at LSU in 1964.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/our_offices/departments/Renewable_Natural_Resources/alumni/hall_of_fame/Leslie-L-Glasgow.htm|title=Leslie L. Glasgow|publisher=lsuagcdenter.com|author=Paul Y. Burns|date=June 13, 2008|accessdate=October 21, 2014}}</ref> | | Glasgow worked as a waterfowl biologist for the state of Indiana until he joined the LSU faculty in 1948. In 1958, having taken leave for two semesters from LSU, he received his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Texas A&M University]] at [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]]. His [[dissertation]] is a study of the woodcock, the research of which he conducted at the LSU Agricultural Experiment Station. Glasgow was known for his research on the [[ecology]] of the Louisiana marshes and related wildlife. He was promoted to full professor at LSU in 1964.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/our_offices/departments/Renewable_Natural_Resources/alumni/hall_of_fame/Leslie-L-Glasgow.htm|title=Leslie L. Glasgow|publisher=lsuagcdenter.com|author=Paul Y. Burns|date=June 13, 2008|accessdate=October 21, 2014}}</ref> |