December 16, 1925 – March 18, 2018
- William Woodin III
- His grandfather (also named William Woodin) was President Franklin Roosevelt’s first treasury secretary
- Bill’s Step-Father was a founder of the American Quarter Horse Association
- bachelor in zoology at the University of Arizona
- master in zoology at the University of California, Berkeley
- 1950 kingsnake species named after him: lampropeltis pyromelana woodini
- volunteer for the Desert Museum before it opened
- 1954 to 1971 – Executive Director Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- called “the most promising young naturalist in the United States” by Roy Chapman Andrews, a former American Museum of Natural History director
- 1955 – co-founder International Ammunition Association
- active in European Cartridge Research Association
- compiled “one of the great collections of ammunition in the world,”
- 1973 Woodin Laboratory built
3,000-square-foot underground vault - 1975 – Consulted on the Kennedy assassination research
- 160,000 cartridges tracing the evolution of small arms ammunition
- 1998 co-authored three volumes A History of Modern U.S. Small Arms Ammunition
- Technical Advisor to and Distinguished Life Member of AFTE
(Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners) - Consultant to the U. S. Army Armament Research and Development Command (Armament Concepts Office)
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