20 Apr 1912 – 17 Jan 1996
Husband of Ruby Leith Cardon
William H. Marshall of Clarkston, 83, retired prof
William H. Marshall, a Clarkston resident and retired professor, died of causes related to age Wednesday at Tri-State Health and Rehabilitation Center at Clarkston. He was 83.
He was born Ap[ril 20, 1912, to Edward M. and Amy Gould Marshall at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He lived at Montreal until the family moved to Berkeley, Calif., in 1915
He graduated from Berkeley High School in 1929 and attended the University of Hawaii in 1930 and 1931.
In 1933 he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in biology.
From 1933 to 1934 he worked for the U.S. Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps in California and Arkansas.
He attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor from 1934 to 1935, graduating with a master’s degree in forestry.
From 1936 to 1938 he lived at Logan, Utah, where he taught at Utah State Agricultural College and worked for the U.S. Biological Survey.
He married Leith Cardon April 17, 1938, at Logan.
Between 1938 and 1944 he lived in the Boise area, working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1938 to 1943 and as area supervisor for the War Food Administration from 1943 to 1944.
In 1942 he completed work on his doctorate degree in forestry from the University of Michigan.
In 1945 he moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he was a professor of wildlife management and ecology at the University of Minnesota.
From 1959 to 1970 he was also the director of field biology programs at the University of Minnesota’s Lake Itasca Biological Station.
After retiring in 1978 the couple moved to Santa Rosa, Calif. In 1990 they moved to Clarkston. His wife died in July 1991.
He enjoyed bird watching, hunting and fishing.
He was a member of numerous professional societies, including the Wildlife Society and the Minnesota Academy of Sciences, of which he was president in 1954-55.
He received many research grants and fellowships, including a Fulbright Scholarship to New Zealand. He published papers in numerous professional wildlife and ecology journals.
He is survived by one son, Alan Marshall of Lewiston. One son, Guy H. Marshall died previously.
Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service will be held at Logan, Utah, at a later date.
The family suggests memorials be made to William Marshall Memorial Fund for the support of Native American students in care of Lewis-Clark State College, 500 Eighth Ave., Lewiston.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home at Lewiston is in charge of arrangements.
-Published in the Lewiston Morning Tribune (Lewiston, ID), Friday, January 19, 1996, Page 7A.
Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache County, Utah,
