STERLING, Keir B(rooks)

STERLING, Keir B(rooks). American, b. 1934. Genres: History, Natural history, Biography. Career: Columbia University, School of General Studies, assistant to the dean, 1959-65; Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, general counselor to evening students and lecturer, 1967-68; Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, adjunct instructor in history, assistant academic dean, and chairperson of American Studies Program, 1968-71; Rockland Community College of the State University of New York, Suffern, assistant dean, 1971-74; State Colleges of New Jersey, full-time consultant, 1974-75; Pace University, NYC and Pleasantville, NY, research professor, 1980; University of Wisconsin-Madison, visiting professor of history of science, 1983; U.S. Army, civilian ordnance branch historian with U.S. Army Ordnance Centers and Schools, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 1983-98, civilian command historian with U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, VA, 1998-. Pace University, adjunct professor, 1966-83; Columbia University, research associate, 1980; Harford Community College, adjunct professor, 1987-94; also taught at Union Graduate School, Cincinnati, OH, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, Nyack College, Kings College, Briarcliff Manor, NY, and Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY. Rhinebeck Historic District Committee, member, 1981-83. Publications: Last of the Naturalists: The Career of C. Hart Merriam, 1974, rev. ed, 1977; Serving the Line with Excellence: The Development of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps as Expressed through the Lives of Its Chiefs of Ordnance, 1775-1992, rev. ed., 1992. EDITOR: (gen.) An International History of Mammalogy, Vol. I, 1987; (senior ed. and contrib.) Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists, 1997. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command, 3901 Adams Ave Ste 100, Fort Lee, VA 23801, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]; [email protected]