[birdky] Cleveland Ohio curator named

Andrew W. Jones, of the University of Minnesota, today was named Curator of 
Birds and head of the Department of Ornithology at The Cleveland Museum of 
Natural History in Cleveland, Ohio.

In February, he will defend his doctoral thesis at the University of Minnesota 
where he has been a student of the prominent ornithologist, Dr. Robert Zink.  

He reports to The Cleveland Museum of Natural History in March.  He will 
conduct and direct ornithological research for the museum as well as maintain 
the bird collection.

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, founded in 1920, is a world-class 
destination for visitors and researchers. This 200,000-square-foot facility 
houses labs for scientists working in 11 disciplines and collections storage 
facilities.  

Jones earned his B.S. at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN

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