Donn Eric Rosen Explained

Birth Date:9 January 1929
Birth Place:New York City, New York
Death Place:Closter, New Jersey
Fields:Ichthyology
Workplaces:American Museum of Natural History
Alma Mater:New York University
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Father:Irwin Rosen
Mother:Anita Gerber Rosen
Relatives:Charles Rosen (brother)

Donn Eric Rosen (1929-1986) was a member of the staff of the American Museum of Natural History. He was a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.[1]

Family

Born to immigrants Irwin Rosen (b. 1885) and Anita Gerber Rosen (b. 1906), Rosen has an older brother: Charles Welles. Both his parents were born in Russia. Irwin came to the United States in 1889 and had a career in architecture. Anita arrived in the United States prior to 1920.[1]

Donn E. Rosen married Carmela Berritto,[2] and they had three sons,[3] one of whom, Philip Clark Rosen (1955-2020) was a herpetologist and ecologist, who spent many years studying the Sonoran Desert.[2]

Works

Rosen earned his degree in 1955, his master's in 1957, and his doctorate in 1959, all from New York University. In 1961 he joined the staff of the American Museum of Natural History, and was chairman of the department of ichthyology from 1965 to 1975, presiding over a collection that grew from 500,000 to 1.5 million specimens.[3]

Rosen was awarded the Frederick Stoye Award for Ichthyology from the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in 1952 and 1954, the Leidy Medal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1967, and served as president of the Society of Systematic Zoology from 1975 to 1977.[3]

Rosen authored over twenty-eight scientific papers, and described twenty-three species.

Selected publications

Legacy

Species named after Rosen

External links

Notes and References

  1. Donn Eric Rosen, 1929-1986 . Gareth . Nelson . James W. . Atz . Klaus D. . Kallman . C. Lavett . Smith . amp . May 13, 1987 . . 1987 . 2 . 541–547.
  2. In memoriam Dr. Philip C. Rosen (1955-2020) . Rafael Alejandro . Lara-Resendiz . 2021 . Revista mexicana de biodiversidad . 92 . 11 May 2023.
  3. News: Donn Rosen, Key Researcher In Ichthyology, Is Dead at 57 . . September 24, 1986 . . 11 May 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150524192636/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/24/obituaries/donn-rosen-key-researcher-in-ichthyology-is-dead-at-57.html . 2015-05-24.
  4. Web site: Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes) . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher . Scharpf . Kenneth J. . Lazara . 15 June 2019 . 24 July 2019 . Scharpf & Lazara.
  5. Web site: Meadia roseni . fishbase.org.