Wilbur Waldo Mayhew
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Wilbur Waldo Mayhew, also known as Bill Waldo Mayhew (March 17, 1920 - September 19, 2014) was an American biologist and founding faculty member of the University of California, Riverside's biology department where he worked from 1954 until his retirement in 1989.[1]
Mayhew was born near Yoder, Colorado on March 17, 1920. In 1921, Mayhew's family moved from Colorado to Stockton, California. In 1940, Mayhew joined the United States Army Air Corps. During World War II, Mayhew was involved in missions in Asia and North Africa until his plane was shot down over Sicily and crashed on Malta in 1943.[2] Following World War II, Mayhew studied zoology at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving an A.B. in 1948, an M.A. in 1951, and finally a Ph.D. in 1953 under the supervision of A. Starker Leopold.[1]
