Bryan P. Glass

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Bryan P. Glass
BornAugust 21, 1919
Mandeville, Louisiana
DiedAugust 27, 2010(2010-08-27) (aged 91)
Perkins, Oklahoma
Alma materBaylor University (B.A. 1940), Texas A&M University (M.A., 1946), Oklahoma A&M University (Ph.D, 1952)
Scientific career
FieldsMammalogy
InstitutionsOklahoma State University

Bryan Pettigrew Glass (August 21, 1919 – August 27, 2010) was an American mammalogist.

Early life and education[edit]

The son of Baptist missionaries Wiley B. Glass and Jessie Pettigrew Glass, Bryan Glass was raised in China. He had three sisters and a brother.[1] Lois and Eloise became missionaries; Eloise was also author.[2] Trudy joined the staff of the United Nations.[3] Bentley became a noted geneticist and educator.

Glass was a graduate of the China Inland Mission School in Chefoo. He continued his education in the United States, earning his Bachelor's from Baylor University in 1940, his Master's from Texas A&M in 1946, and his Ph.D. from Oklahoma A&M in 1952.[4]

Career[edit]

Mexican free-tailed bat (USFWS/Ann Froschauer)

During World War II, Glass served as a captain in the Army Air Corps and as an intelligence officer in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).[5]

Glass joined the Oklahoma State University (OSU) faculty as a zoology professor in 1946 and taught at the university until his retirement in 1985.[6] Glass received OSU's Outstanding Service and Outstanding Teacher Award (1965 and 1966, respectively). In 1966, Glass became Director of the University Museum.[7] He was committed to developing the museum's collection. During the 1960s, Glass and Robert Ingersoll collected 1,200 mammalian specimens from Ethiopia's Harar region. Their contribution represents over 10% of OSU's collection of mammals.[8]

Though he did some work in Ethiopia and Brazil, Glass's scientific interests were largely focused upon species in Oklahoma, particularly Microchiroptera.[9] His research program—involving Oklahoma, Seminole, and Mexican free-tailed bats—was the subject of an Army training video.[10]

Glass served as the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) from 1957 to 1977, a period during which membership more than doubled.[11]

Personal life[edit]

In 1946, Glass married Carolyn Smith, who at various points worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, OSU, and ASM. They had two daughters, Janis Elizabeth and Peggy Lee.[12] Glass was active in his church, served on the organizing board for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Oklahoma, and was elected Second Vice President of the Oklahoma Baptist Convention.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Obituary for Bryan Glass, Strode Funeral Home, http://www.strodefh.com/book-of-memories/1390882/Glass-Bryan/obituary.php (accessed 5 June 2015).
  2. ^ Bryan Glass Christmas letter, December 7, 1972, Bentley Glass Papers, American Philosophical Society. Eloise Glass Cauten obituary, News & Record website, June 29, 1995, http://www.greensboro.com/obituaries/article_b302b313-06c3-54e5-9825-f4b599302eb8.html (accessed 5 June 2015).
  3. ^ Bentley Glass to Robert Benedict, March 12, 1975, Bentley Glass Papers, American Philosophical Society.
  4. ^ Elmer C. Rirney and Jerry R. Choate, eds, Seventy-Five Years of Mammalogy (1919-1994) (American Society of Mammalogists, 1994), 104, https://archive.org/stream/seventyfiveyears00birn/seventyfiveyears00birn_djvu.txt (accessed 5 June 2015).
  5. ^ "OSU zoology professor went to bat for mammals," Tulsa World website, September 4, 2010, http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/osu-zoology-professor-went-to-bat-for-mammals/article_a57f0886-7d17-5997-9bc3-eeb45ee59107.html (accessed 5 June 2015).
  6. ^ "Bryan P. Glass, Longtime Zoology Professor at OSU, Dies at age 91," Oklahoma State University website, September 2, 2010, http://cas.okstate.edu/news/428-bryan-p-glass-longtime-zoology-professor-at-osu-dies-at-age-91 (accessed 5 June 2015).
  7. ^ Rirney and Choate, 104-105.
  8. ^ Collections holdings, Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University website, http://integrativebiology.okstate.edu/research/collections/collections-holdings (accessed 5, June 2015).
  9. ^ Rirney and Choate, 104-105.
  10. ^ "Bryan P. Glass, Longtime Zoology Professor..."
  11. ^ Rirney and Choate, 105.
  12. ^ Carolyn Smith Glass obituary, The Perkins Journal, Thursday, July 8, 2004, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=989&dat=20040608&id=zqg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yBMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1914,564429&hl=en (accessed 5 June 2015).
  13. ^ Obituary for Bryan Glass.
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