zoology, was a longtime faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He retired in 2001, after more than 40 years at the institution. He published 90 scholarly non-fiction books and monographs, including nine world monographs on major avian groups. He also published four books in digital format, wrote six popular books of fiction or poetry and edited or illustrated four additional books. He was the first faculty member to receive all of the university’s most prestigious awards: Distinguished Teaching Award, Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award and an Honorary Doctor of Science degree. He lived in Lincoln.