William Carl Latta   clatta@umich.edu

Vitae
Personal statistics
  Born-May 18, 1925; Niagara Falls, New York
  Married-September 3, 1950 to Harriet Mabon
  Children-Lyn (10/21/51), John (2/6/54), Jill (6/18/58), Steven (9/7/59), and Nicholas (8/11/60)
Education
  Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1946-50, BS (1950)
  University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 1950-52, MS (1952)
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1953-57, Ph.D (1957)
Employment
  Adjunct Research Scientist and Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan - 1966 to date.
  Chief, Fisheries Research Section, Fisheries Division,
  Michigan Department of Natural Resources - 1976-92.
  Director, Institute for Fisheries Research,
  Michigan Department of Natural Resources - 1966-92.
  Biologist-In-Charge, Pigeon River Trout Research Station,
  Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Vanderbilt, Michigan - 1958-65.
  Fishery Biologist, Institute for Fisheries Research,
  Michigan Department of Conservation, Ann Arbor, Michigan - 1956-58.
  Aquatic Biologist, New York Conservation Department - 1950
  Sergeant, U. S. Marine Corps - 1943-46.
Honors, awards, etc.
  Fellowship - Oklahoma Fish and Game Council, 1950-52.
  Fellowship - Institute for Fisheries Research, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 1953-56.
  Commendation Award - Sport Fishing Institute of America, 1978.
  King Salmon Award - Michigan Department Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, 1981.
  Sturgeon Club Award - Michigan Department Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, 1991.
  Justin W. Leonard Award for Excellence - Michigan Chapter, American Fisheries Society, 1994.
  Golden Membership Award - American Fisheries Society, 1998.
  Grayling Award for Meritorious Service - Michigan Chapter, American Fisheries Society, 1998.
  Certificate of Appreciation- Michigan Department Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, 2004.
Memberships in professional, honorary, and learned societies (official position)
  American Fisheries Society - 1950 to date.
  The Wildlife Society - 1954 to date.
  American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - 1948 to date.
  The Ecological Society of America - 1961 to date.
  Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters - 1954 to date (Section Chairman 1962-63, 1973-74).
  American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists - 1961 to date.
  Sigma Xi - 1952 to date.
  Phi Sigma - 1950-52.
  Science Research Club, The University of Michigan - 1955 to date.
  North American Benthological Society - 1966-1992.
  Societas Internationals Limnology - 1970 to date.
  Society for Conservation Biology - 1987 to date.
Biographical listings
  Who's Who in the Midwest
  American Men and Women in Science
  Men of Achievement
Recent publications
  Latta, W. C. 2007. Changes in fish assemblages in Michigan lakes since the 1950's. Michigan Academician 37: 3- 18.
  Latta, W. C. 2005. Status of Michigan's endangered, threatened, special-concern and other fishes, 1993-2001. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Fisheries Division Research Report 2079, Ann Arbor.
  Bailey, R.M., W. C. Latta, and G. R. Smith, 2004. An atlas of Michigan fishes with keys and illustrations for their identification. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Number 192.
  Latta, W.C. 2002. Changes in fish assemblages in Michigan's streams since 1922. Michigan Academician 33: 297- 319.
  Latta, W. C. 1998. Status of the endangered and threatened fishes of Michigan. Michigan Academician 30: 1- 16
  Latta, W. C. 1998. Numbers of raptors migrating each fall through Holiday Beach, Essex County, 1977- 96, compared with those migrating each spring through Grimsby, 1980- 96, Ontario, Canada. Hawk Migration Studies 24 (1); 3-11.
  Latta, W. C. 1995. Distribution and abundance of the lake herring (Coregonus artedi) in Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division Research Report 2014, Ann Arbor.
Research interests
  Distribution and abundance of Michigan fishes.
  Trends in abundance of raptors in eastern Great Lakes region, North America.
Current addresses
  Home: 2624 Roseland Drive
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
     
  Office: Institute for Fisheries Research
    Michigan Department of Natural Resources
   

203 Museums Annex Building

    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1084
     
  E-mail: clatta@umich.edu