CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______

PERSONAL INFORMATION Current Address: 3920 Shoreham Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Home Telephone: (412) 761-0760

Business Address: Section of Mammals, Carnegie MNH, Edward O'Neil Research Center, 5800 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3706

Business Telephone: (412) 665-2615 FAX: (412) 665-2751 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Marital Status: Married, Andrew William McLaren, 18 August 1973

ACADEMIC TRAINING Elementary School - York, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg, PA public schools

Secondary Schools - Camp Curtin Junior High School and William Penn Senior High School, Harrisburg, PA

Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA Bachelor of Arts, May 1973 Major: Biology, Anton Slysh, Advisor Minor: Chemistry

Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA Master of Science, August 1978 Thesis: "Variation in Litter Size Among Small Mammals of Eastern North America" Major: Biology, Gordon L. Kirkland, Jr., Advisor

POSITIONS HELD 1973-1974 Science Teacher - Corpus Christi Junior High School, Chambersburg, PA

1974-1975 Assistant to Curator, Volunteer The Vertebrate Museum, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA

1975-1976 Graduate Assistant - The Vertebrate Museum and Department of Biology, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA

1976-1977 Acting for the Curator (while on sabbatical) and Graduate Assistant - The Vertebrate Museum, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA

1977 Park Naturalist, Kings Gap Environmental Education Center, (Summer) Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources

1 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______1977 (Aug -Sept) Instructor, Department of Biology, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA

1977-1984 Curatorial Assistant, Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

1978 -1999 Research Associate, Vertebrate Museum, Shippensburg University

Nov-Dec 1990 Team Instructor, Dept. of Biology, California University, California, PA

1987 to 1997 Consultant to computerization project, Vertebrate Museum, Shippensburg University (unpaid)

1992 -1993 Consultant to computerization project, Cleveland Museum of Natural History (unpaid)

Nov 1996 to Section Head, Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of Natural Sept 1998 History, Pittsburgh, PA

1985 to Present Collection Manager, Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

Dec 2001 to Judge of Elections, 27th Ward, District 2, Allegheny County, PA Present (This is an elected position, every four years)

May- Oct 2003 Scientific Consultant, Capstone Press - Lions, Zebras Kangaroos (3rd graders)

Nov 2005 Scientific Consultant, Capstone Press - The World’s Fastest Animals, Animal Feet, Animal Feathers, Animal Noses, Animal Eyes, Animal Ears, and Animal Teeth (1-2 graders)

April 2006 to Co-Coordinator AAM Self-Study and Site Visit Preparation for Carnegie Aug 2007 Museum of Natural History

Aug 2007 to Coordinator of AAM Site Visit and follow-up for Carnegie Museum of Sept 2009 Natural History

Aug 2007 to Coordinator of Collections for Carnegie Museum of Natural History April 2012

Aug 2007 to Section Head, Section of Conservation for Carnegie Museum of Natural Jun 2009 History

April 2012 to Chair of Collections, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

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March 2014-present Supervisor, Section of Anthropology & Section of Conservation

(Teaching positions) Corpus Christi Junior High School: Science - Grades 6 through 9 (1973 -1974) Boys and Girls Health - Grade 9 Reading - Grade 7

Shippensburg University: Graduate Assistant - Basic Biology Audio-tutorial (1975 – 1977) Laboratory Assistant, Mammalogy and General Ecology Laboratory Assistant

Shippensburg University: Instructor - Mammalogy 380 (Aug – Sept 1977)

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Docent training, Behind-the-Scene classes & Teacher (1987- present) Workshops

California University of Pennsylvania: Team Instructor – Biodiversity Lecture at California (Nov - Dec 1990) and lab work at the Section of Mammals,

RESEARCH INTERESTS Systematics of Sciurus granatensis group Systematics of Sorex palustris Species of Special Concern in Pennsylvania Mammals of West Virginia Reproductive variation in small mammals Collection management and conservation Use of the computer for management of museum collections

AWARDS • Daughters of the American Colonists Award in American History – 1967 • Mabel F. Harris, English Writing Award, 1969 • Pennsylvania Academy of Science Student Project Award - 1975 • Society for the Preservation of Natural History, President's Award, 1993 • American Society of Mammalogists, Hartley H. T. Jackson Award, 2001 • Brighton Heights Citizens’ Federation, Co-Citizen of the Year, 2003 (shared with husband) • Jesse S. Heiges Distinguished Alumna Award (Shippensburg University)

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GRANTS (as PI or Project Director) Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Research Grant 1975 - Effects of N-P-K Fertilizer on Mine Waste Plants ($290)

M. Graham Netting Research Fund 1987 - Morphometric studies of the South American squirrel Sciurus granatensis ($1000),

National Science Foundation 1991 - Funding in support of symposium and publication on the Application of Geographic Information Systems in Mammalogy (Received via the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History for work that is a project of the American Society of Mammalogists' Committee on Information Retrieval) ($7081.50)

M. Graham Netting Research Fund 1994 - Morphometric studies of the South American squirrel, Sciurus granatensis ($1650)

Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America, Collection Stewardship grant, “Conversion of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Sections of Anthropology and Mollusks Databases from Paradox to KE EMu, 2013-2015.

Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America, Collection Stewardship grant, “Conversion of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Sections of Mammals and Vertebrate Paleontology Databases from Paradox to Axiell EMu”, 2016-2018.

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS West Virginia Department of Natural Resources - 1985 - 1992. Mammals of West Virginia ($100,968) Status and distribution of mammals occurring in West Virginia based on collecting and museum specimen records. Intended to result in the publication of Mammals of West Virginia (Management of database and supervision of other personnel involved in this seven year project – became co-author on this project as of 1998)

National Science Foundation - May 1985 to August 1987. Reorganization of the Recent Mammal Collections of Carnegie Museum of Natural History ($69,798) (Supervisor of full time Curatorial Assistant employed under this grant)

Smithsonian Institution, Foreign Currency Program - May 1983-May 1984 First International Workshop on Management of Zoological Collections: Recent Mammal Collections in Tropical Environments ($101,050) (Presented invited paper on development and planning for collection computerization)

National Science Foundation - September 1981 to September 1983. Reorganization of the Recent Mammal Collections of Carnegie Museum of Natural History ($129,152) (Employed as full time Curatorial Assistant funded by this grant)

National Science Foundation - September 1979 to February 1982. Moving and Reorganization

4 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______of the Recent Mammal Collections of Carnegie Museum of Natural History ($56,826) (Employed as full time Curatorial Assistant funded by this grant)

Pennsylvania Game Commission 1979-1980. Status of Selected Pennsylvania Mammals ($3,028) (Assisted in survey work for this project)

National Science Foundation - September 1977 to February 1980. Reorganization and Updating of Recent Mammal Collections of Carnegie Museum of Natural History ($62,844) (Employed as full time Curatorial Assistant funded by this grant)

Institute of Museum Services - September 1991 to December 1992. Publication of a workbook entitled, "Storage of Natural History Collections: Ideas and Practical Solutions ($25,200) (As SPNHC Treasurer, I was the grant administrator).

Institute of Museum Services - September 1993 to December 1997. Publication of a workbook entitled, "Storage of Natural History Collections: A Preventive Conservation Approach ($18,090) (As SPNHC Treasurer, I was the grant administrator).

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training – FY 2000. Funding to SPNHC in support of a symposium titled, “Preservation of Native American and Historical Natural History Collections Contaminated with Pesticide Residues” ($22,170.00) (As President of SPNHC, contributed matching museum salary funds & administrative support).

Institute of Museum and Library Services, Museums for America, Collection Stewardship grant – Section of Mammals Planning grant with John Wible and Lisa Miriello, 2012-2014.

Hillman Foundation, Preserving and Increasing Access to Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Mineral and Gem Collection Data, 2015-2016.

National Endowment for the Humanities, Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (Section of Anthr opology- budget manager and primary report writer), 2015-2017

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS • American Society of Mammalogists (Patron Member) • Pennsylvania Academy of Science (1974 to present) • Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (Charter & Life Member) • Wildlife Society, Pennsylvania Chapter

PUBLICATIONS 1976 McLaren, S. B., Effects of Commercial Fertilizer on Vegetation of Open-pit Mine Waste Disposal Sites in Essex County, New York, Proc. Pennsylvania Acad. Sci., 50:71-74.

1979 McLaren, S. B. and G. L. Kirkland, Jr., Geographic Variation in Litter Size of Small Mammals in the Central Appalachian Region. Proc. Pennsylvania Acad. Sci., 53(2):123- 126.

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1980 McLaren, S. B., The Woodchuck. . .or Groundhog. Carnegie Magazine LIV(2): 21-25.

1981 Schlitter, D. A. and S. B. McLaren. An additional record of Myonycteris relicta Bergmans, 1980, from Tanzania (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Annals Carnegie Mus., 50(16): 385-389.

1984 McLaren, S. B., D. A. Schlitter, and H. H. Genoways. Catalog of the Recent Scandentia and Primates in The Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Annals Carnegie Mus., 53(16): 463-525.

1984 McLaren, S. B., Application of Automatic Data Processing in Recent mammal collections. Sci. Software Quarterly, 1(2): 7-13. (submitted by invitation).

1984 McLaren, S. B. Raccoon Dog. Pp. 9, in Natural History of the Dog (H. H. Genoways and M. A. Burgwin, eds.), The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 64 pp.

1984 McLaren, S. B. Dingo. Pp. 43, in Natural History of the Dog (H. H. Genoways and M. A. Burgwin, eds.), The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 64 pp.

1985 Williams, S. L., S. B. McLaren, and M. A. Burgwin. Paleo-archaeological and historical records of selected Pennsylvania mammals. Annals Carnegie Mus., 54(4): 77-188.

1985 McLaren, S. B. Literature in Review: Science Software Quarterly. Collection Forum, 1:3-5.

1985 McLaren, S. B. (Chairman) Survey report on computerized information retrieval in mammal collections. Committee on Information Retrieval, American Society of Mammalogists, 29 pp.

1986 McLaren, S. B., D. A. Schlitter, and H. H. Genoways. Catalog of the Recent marine mammals in The Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Annals of Carnegie Mus., 55(11): 237-296.

1986 McLaren, S. B., H. H. Genoways, and D. A. Schlitter. Uses of the computer in collection management. Pp. 75-80. in Proceedings of the 1985 Workshop on the Care and Maintenance of Natural History Collections. (J. Waddington and D. M. Rudkin, eds.)., Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publications, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, v +121.

1987 McLaren, S. B., H. H. Genoways, and D. A. Schlitter. The Computer as a Collection Management Tool. Pp. 97-100, in Mammal collection management (H. H. Genoways, C. Jones and O. L. Rossolimo, eds.), Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, iv + 219 pp.

1988 McLaren, S. B. Application of Documentation Standards and Automatic Data Processing in Recent Mammal Collections, pp. 573-600. In Management of Mammal

6 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______Collections in Tropical Environments, (B. K. Tikader, Editor), Calcutta, India, xii + 654.

1988 McLaren, S. B. Chairman, Committee on Information Retrieval. Guidelines for usage of computer-based collection data. Journal of Mammalogy, 69(1): 217-218.

1988 McLaren, S. B. Copyright law and museum databases. SPNHC Newsletter, 2(1): 3-4.

1988 McLaren, S. B. Is copyrighting your database the solution? SPNHC Newsletter, 2(2): 4.

1988 McLaren, S. B. Book review of "A guide to museum computing by David W. Williams. Collection Forum, 4(2): 77-78.

1989 McLaren, S. B. (Chairman) Survey report on computerized information retrieval in mammal collections. Committee on Information Retrieval, American Society of Mammalogists, 33 pp.

1990 Williams, S. L. and S. B. McLaren. Modification of storage design to mitigate insect problems. Collection Forum, 6(1)27-32.

1991 Cato, P. S. (Chair, Committee for Evaluating Collection Management Positions) Summary of a study to evaluate collection manager-type positions. Collection Forum, 7(2):72-94.* Publication produced by a committee of which McLaren was a member.

1992 McLaren, S. B. Collection management and control perspectives on database accessibility. ASC Newsletter, 20(6): (submitted by invitation).

1993 McLaren, S. B. On Database Accessibility. Pp. 51-54 in: ASC Guidelines for Institutional Database Policies(E. C. Hathway and K. E. Hoagland, eds.). Association of Systematics Collections, Washington, D. C.

1993 McLaren, S. B. and J. K. Braun (eds.). GIS applications in mammalogy, Special Publication of the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma, 41 pp.

1994 McLaren, S. B. Review of Preserving Natural Science Collections: Chronicle of Our Environmental Heritage. Edited by W. D. Duckworth, H. H. Genoways, and C. L. Rose. Collection Forum, 10(2):46-48.

1996 McLaren, S. B. (Chair), P. V. August, L. N. Carraway, P. S. Cato, W. L. Gannon, M. A. Lawrence, N. A. Slade, P. D. Sudman, R. W. Thornington, Jr., S. L. Williams, and S. M. Woodward. Documentation Standards for Automatic Data Processing in Mammalogy, Version 2. American Society of Mammalogists, Lawrence, KS. 66 pp..

1998 Haifley, J. L., E. Johnston, S. B. McLaren, K. Saito, W. G. Thompkins, K. L. Vehrs. 1998. Ethical and legal issues: Fish and Wildlife. (W.G. Thompkins, chapter ed.), pp. 321-339, in The New Museum Registration Methods, (R. A.

7 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______Buck and J. A. Gilmore, eds.). American Association of Museums, Washington, D. C., xvii + 427.

1999 McLaren, S. B. Obituary, Gordon Laidlaw Kirkland, Jr.: 1943 – 1999. Journal of Mammalogy, 80(4): 1365-1374.

2003 Cato, P.S., J. Golden, S. B. McLaren (eds.), MuseumWise: Workplace Words Defined. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Washington, D.C., 380 pp.

2003 Genoways HH, McLaren SB. Results of the Alcoa Foundation-Suriname Expeditions. XIII. Annotated gazetteer of mammal collecting sites in Suriname Annals of Carnegie Museum. 72: 223-239.

2016 McLaren, S. B., and J. R. Wible. 2016. Pennsylvania bats preserved as museum specimens: a storehouse of information. Pages 63–74 in C. M. Butchkoski, D. M. Reeder, G. G. Turner, and H. P. Whidden, editors. Conservation and ecology of Pennsylvania’s bats. Pennsylvania Academy of Science, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

In preparation: McLaren, S. B. and Schlitter, D. A. Mammals of West Virginia.

COMMITTEES AND OFFICES Local Committee for the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 1976.

American Society of Mammalogists, Committee on Information Retrieval, 1981 to present.

American Society of Mammalogists, Chairman, Committee on Information Retrieval/ Informatics Committee, 1984-2003

American Society of Mammalogists, Bibliography Committee - Reviewer of mammalogical papers appearing in Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 1982-85.

American Society of Mammalogists, Checklist Committee, 1988 - 1991

American Society of Mammalogists, Development Committee, 1990 - 1993

American Society of Mammalogists, Board of Directors, 1995-1998; 1998-2001

American Society of Mammalogists, ad hoc Strategic Planning Committee, 1996-8

American Society of Mammalogists, ad hoc Bylaws Committee, 1998-9

American Society of Mammalogists, liaison to AIBS website designer, 1998-2000

8 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______American Society of Mammalogists, website coordinator, 2000-2003

American Society of Mammalogists, Recording Secretary, elected annually 2001 to 2006

American Society of Mammalogists, Legislation and Regulation Committee, 2002 to present

American Society of Mammalogists, Resolutions Committee, 2003 to 2006

American Society of Mammalogists, Systematic Collections Committee, 2004 to present

American Society of Mammalogists, Planning and Finance Committee, 2005, Chair 2006-2008

American Society of Mammalogists, President-Elect, Jun 2006 – Jun 2008

American Society of Mammalogists, President, Jun 2008 to June 2010.

American Society of Mammalogists, Past President and Board of Director, Jun 2010 to present.

American Society of Mammalogists, Honorary Membership Committee, June 2010 – present (Chair 2016-2018).

American Society of Mammalogists, Jackson Award Committee, June 2010 - present.

American Society of Mammalogists, ad hoc Committee on Publications contract, 2012-2014.

American Society of Mammalogists, ad hoc Committee on Membership Management contract, 2012-2014; re-constituted committee, 2014-15.

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections - Correspondent for Museum Computer Use, Liaison Committee, 1986 to 1987.

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections - Local Committee for 1988 meetings; Chairman of Abstract and Program Production Subcommittee; Finance Subcommittee

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Treasurer, 1988 to 1993

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Executive Committee, 1988 to 1993 & 1998-present

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Chairman, Finance Committee, 1988 to July 1989, May 1990 to July 1999.

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Committee to Evaluate Collection Support Positions, 1989 to 1991

9 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Documentation Committee Co-chair 1993-94, Member 1994 to July 1999

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Council Member-at-Large, 1994-97

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, President-Elect, 1998-2000 Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Conference Committee Chair, 1998-2000

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, President, July 2000-July 2002

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Chair Executive Committee, July 2000-July 2002.

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Past-President, May 2002-2004

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Chair, Bylaws committee, 2002-2004

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Associate Editor of Collection Forum, 2002 to present

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Representative to Heritage Preservation, 2004-2007

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Representative to American Society of Mammalogists, 2008 to present

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Sessional Committee on Governance, 2012 – 2014.

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Recognition and Grants Committee, 2012 – present.

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Computerization Working Group

Natural Science representative to Preservation Working Group, 2001-2007 (formerly White House Millennium Council).

Heritage Health Index, Task Force representative for Natural Science Collections, 2001 to 2005

ASC Task Force (Later Committee) on Computerization and Networking in Natural History Collections, 1990 to 1996.

M. Graham Netting Research Awards Committee - 1991

10 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______NSF Workshop of Natural History Collection Computerization, Berkeley, CA, June 1992

ASC - NSF Workshop on Data Modeling for Natural History Collection Computerization, Ithaca, NY, August 1992

Mammal Technical Committee of the Pennsylvania Biological Survey, 1998 to present

Carnegie Institute, Communications Task Force (ACT) - 1996 – 2001

Carnegie Museum of Natural History Librarian Search Committee - 1994-95

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Centennial Exhibit Committee - 1995

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, NatureNet Committee - 1995

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Chair Collection Affinity Group, 1999 to present

Carnegie Museum of Natural History Conservator Search Committee, 1999 - 2000

Carnegie Museum of Natural History Second Floor Robot Upgrade Committee - 2000

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Data Management Task Force, Feb-Aug 2002

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Critical Issues Team for Science and Collections portion of Strategic Planning, 2003

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Storage Task Force, 2004-05

Carnegie Museum of Natural History Conservator Search Committee, 2008 - 2009

PAPER/POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1976 Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 52nd Annual Meeting. "Effects of Commercial Fertilizer on Vegetation of Open-pit Mine Waste Disposal Sites in Essex County, New York” [Student Award Presentation]

1984 First International Workshop on Management of Collections: Recent Mammal Collections in Tropical Environments, Calcutta, INDIA. "Application of Documentation Standards and Automatic Data Processing in Recent Mammal Collections" (invited)

1984 Annual Meeting of Pennsylvania Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Shippensburg University. "Carnivores reported to be Extirpated in Pennsylvania - The Felids"

1985 2nd Workshop on the Care and Maintenance of Natural History Collections. Uses of the computer in collection management (Poster) . 11 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______1985 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Orono, Maine. Organized and chaired symposium entitled "Microcomputer Applicability to Mammalian Studies."

1985 Fourth International Theriological Congress, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. "The Computer as a Collection Management Tool." (Invited participant in workshop on "Mammalogical Museum Collections.)

1986 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Madison, Wisconsin. Organized the poster session on computer usage in mammalogy and presented a poster entitled "Computerization of the mammal collection at The Carnegie Museum of Natural History."

1987 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organized poster session on computer usage in mammalogy with special emphasis on microcomputers and presented a poster entitled "Database management using R:Base System V".

1988 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Clemson, South Carolina.

1988 Organized poster session on computer usage in mammalogy with special emphasis on microcomputers and presented a poster entitled "U.S. Copyright Law and Museum Databases".

1988 Annual Meeting of Society of the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Organized a four part workshop on "Computer Applications for Collection Management and Research" and presented the part called "Getting Started" (on how to begin to computerize a museum collection).

1988 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Presented a poster entitled "Database management using R:Base System V".

1989 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Fairbanks, Alaska. Organized poster session on computer usage and presented a poster entitled "How reliable is your long-term storage method for computerized data?"

1989 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Calgary, Alberta. Presented poster entitled "How reliable is your long-term storage method for computerized data?"

1990 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Frostburg, Maryland. Organized poster session on computer usage.

1990 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Chicago, Illinois. Presented poster entitled "Which computer printers produce high 12 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______quality output suitable for use in museum collections?"

1991 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Manhattan, Kansas. Organized and chaired symposium entitled, "Application of Geographic Information Systems in Mammalogy". Also obtained funding for production of a publication on the same topic.

1992 Annual Meeting of the Association of Systemtics Collections, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Invited speaker for the Data Sharing and Ethics Workshop: Paper entitled, "Collection management and control perspectives on database accessibility."

1993 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Western Washington University. Presented poster entitled, A Conceptual Information Model for Biological Collections."

1993 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of NaturalHistory Collections, Victoria, British Columbia. Presented poster entitled, "A Conceptual Information Model for Biological Collections."

2003 Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Food for Thought series, “The Natural World of the Lewis and Clark Expedition”

2007 Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Teacher Workshop Keynote Speaker, “Adaptation”

2008 Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, “The American Society of Mammalogists Mammal Collection Accreditation Program”

2013 Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, poster - McLaren, S.B., and J.R. Wible. “Re-thinking large mammal storage; reviewing historic collections.” 28th annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Rapid City, South Dakota, June 17-22.

2014 Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, poster entitled, McLaren, S.B., L. Miriello, J. V. Whitacre, and J. R. Wible. “The Childs Frick Abyssinia Expedition, 1911-1912: Enhancing Collection Data with Archives and GIS.” 29th annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Cardiff, Wales, UK, June 22-28. Reviewer: Adirondack Research Reports, Shippensburg University

Proceedings of Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences

Proceedings of the Natural History Collection Care Symposium, Transvaal Museum, 1988

Collection Forum 13 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______

Report of Computerization Committee of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1990

M. Graham Netting Research Award Committee

Field Reviewer for General Operating Support Grant Applications for Institute of Museum (and Library) Services, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2001

National Science Foundation Biological Research Resources Program, Panel on Living Stock Collections, 1998

Field Reviewer for National Science Foundation Biological Research Resources Program, Living Stock Collections, Field Reviewer 1999

Field Reviewer for National Science Foundation Biological Research Resources Program, various individual proposals

Field Reviewer for Museums for America Grant Applications for Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2004, 2005, 2007-2012.

Panel Reviewer for National Science Foundation, Collections in Support of Biological Research, 2013.

Panel Reviewer for Institute of Museum and Library Services, Museums for America, 2015.

Journal of Mammalogy

OTHER EXPERIENCE Preparation of application for non-profit incorporation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without legal assistance (successful) for SPNHC

Preparation of application for (federal) non-profit determination for 501(c)(3) status without legal assistance for (advance ruling successful) SPNHC

Foreign Languages: French (4 years); Scientific German

Specimen Preparation: Mammal and bird skins and skeletons Botanical preparations Maintenance of dermestid colony

Websites: Developed Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of Natural History website 1998 (see www.carnegiemuseums.org/CMNH/Mammals) ; involved in the development of ASM website 1995 to 2003; The Childs Frick Abyssinia Expedition of 1911-1912 (http://artandnaturalhistory.org/testing/abyssinia/#Introduction)

14 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______Specimen Care: Two-day workshop on pest recognition and control

Invited participant in First International Workshop on Management of Collections: Recent Mammal Collections in Tropical Environments, Calcutta, India; 1984

Second Workshop on Care and Maintenance of Natural History Collections, Toronto; 1984

Invited participant in workshop on Mammal Collection Management held during Fourth International Theriological Congress

Two-day workshop on collection preservation conducted by the Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, 1991

One-day workshop on Archival Concerns in Natural History Museums, Victoria, Canada, 1993

One-day Collections Risk Assessment Seminar, Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1994

2003 (September 16) Hazardous Materials Handling Certification for DOT 49 CFR Transportation Regulations

2003 (November 09) Transportation of Dangerous Goods: Compliance with IATA and IMO Regulations Certification

2007 (September 16) Hazardous Materials Handling Certification for DOT 49 CFR Transportation Regulations

NSF sponsored Workshop, Museum SOS: Strategies for Emergency Response and Salvage, 2004 at the American Museum of Natural History

Science Fair Judge, Junior Pennsylvania Academy of Science Region 7, Science Fair 1982-83, 1986-2009, 2011-present

Science Fair Judge, Junior Pennsylvania Academy of Science - State Finals - 1984, 1986, 1988-1992, 1996

Developed and presented Carnegie Museum of Natural History Award for an outstanding zoology project presentation by a seventh or eighth grader - first annual award presented at January 1987 competition; award now presented annually.

Superbowl of Problem Solving, Pittsburgh area schools, 1989-1992 (discontinued thereafter)

Created and executed High School Student Internship at Vertebrate Museum for Capitol Area Intermediate Unit at Dean’s request in 1976, (during Curator’s sabbatical)

Financial administrator for two federal grants that included matching funds involving individuals

15 CURRICULUM VITAE SUZANNE BOYER McLAREN ______from five different institutions on behalf of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, 1991-92; 1993-95. This included writing contracts, providing tax information to contract employees and writing reports to granting agency.

Brighton Heights Citizens Federation, Board of Directors, 1993 to 2005; Treasurer, August 1994 - Nov 1995, City and State (PHMC) Grant administrator

Brighton Heights 5k Fun Run Committee, 1992-93; Co-chair 1994-2003, 2005-2008

Brighton Heights Citizens Federation, Bylaws Revision Committee 1994-95, 1996-97, 2005

Brighton Heights Community Night at the Pirates fundraiser, 1997-2008

Brighton Heights Citizens Federation, Corresponding Secretary 1997-2005

Brighton Heights Citizens Federation, California Avenue Business district redevelopment (1998- 1999); Housing Committee (Neighborhood Re-development) 1999 to 2005

Coordinator of Mammals program at BioBlitz 1997, Riverview Park (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

Coordinator of Mammals program at BioBlitz 1998, Frick Park (Carnegie MNH)

Participant in Forest BioBlitz 1999, co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Biological Survey

Coordinator of Mammals program at BioBlitz 2002, Highland Park (Carnegie MNH)

Participant in Bio Foray at Powdermill Nature Reserve, 2002 – 2004, 2007

Cocklin Church and Graveyard Association, Board of Directors, 1973 to present; Grounds Committee 1980-1990

REFERENCES: Dr. Hugh H. Genoways (retired) Dr. Duane A. Schlitter (retired) University of Nebraska State Museum 2808 Arroyo Court North W436 Nebraska Hall College Station, TX 77845-7703 University of Nebraska – Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588-0514

Dr. John R. Wible, Jr. Curator of Mammals Carnegie Museum of Natural History

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