Carl Rettenmeyer
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Carl W. Rettenmeyer (February 10, 1931 – April 9, 2009) was an American biologist who specialised in army ants.[1] He was born in Meriden, Connecticut, and later attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He first became interested in army ants when he visited Panama as an undergraduate and then returned there as a postgraduate. Although he studied many aspects of army ant biology, he particularly focused on the animals associated with the ants and especially mites which live on the ants. He was well known for his photography of army ants, with his photographs appearing in over 100 publications, and he used his video footage to create two DVDs. He taught at the University of Kansas from 1960 until 1971 and then at the University of Connecticut until his retirement in 1996, after being diagnosed with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia. After his death in 2009, a set of papers on army ants were published in Insectes Sociaux in memory of his work.
Carl Rettenmeyer | |
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Born | (1931-02-10)February 10, 1931 |
Died | April 9, 2009(2009-04-09) (aged 78) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College, University of Kansas |
Spouse | Marian Rettenmeyer |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Army ant biology |
Doctoral advisor | Charles Duncan Michener |