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Feb 08, 1923 Mechanicville, New York, United States Died on 23 Jul 2008 (aged 85)
American ornithologist and conservationist
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About Harrison B. Tordoff
- Harrison Bruce "Bud" Tordoff (February 8, 1923 – July 23, 2008) was an American ornithologist and conservationist.
- He was brought up in Mechanicville in upstate New York, hunting and fishing, and gained interest in wildlife management and zoology.
- He studied as an undergraduate at Cornell University, returning to complete his degree after a period of military service during World War II.
- He had served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces, making five confirmed aerial victories to qualify him as a fighter ace. Tordoff completed his doctoral degree in ornithology at the University of Michigan.
- During his professional career, he worked as a faculty member and natural history museum curator at a number of public universities.
- Much of his career was spent at the University of Minnesota, where he served as director of the Bell Museum of Natural History from 1970–83.
- He was active in ornithological and conservation organisations, and from 1978–80 was president of the American Ornithologists' Union.
- Most of Tordoff's research was on the evolution of finches, and he is most remembered for his role in the reintroduction of the peregrine falcon in the upper Mississippi valley.
