On 12 August 2018, the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) lost one of its giants of the latter half of the 20th century when Sydney Anderson quietly passed away at his home in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 91. “Syd,” to his many friends and colleagues, was born on 11 January 1927 in Topeka, Kansas, to Robert Grant and Evelyn Fern (Hunt) Anderson (Fig. 1). He married Ratia “Justine” Klusmire on 5 August 1951 in Holton, Kansas, where Justine was raised. Three children were born to this marriage—Evelyn Lee Anderson Wheelhouse, who preceded Syd in death; Charles Sydney Anderson; and Laura Lynnette Anderson Dooley. Syd began his post-secondary education with three years (1946–49) at Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas, before matriculating at the University of Kansas (KU) to receive his B.A. in Zoology in 1950. He then completed his M.A. in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1959 at KU under the direction of Professor E. Raymond Hall. Both his Master’s thesis (Anderson 1952; citations appearing with a year date are from the Literature Cited) and dissertation dealt with the montane vole, with the title of his dissertation being “Evolution in the montane vole, Microtus montanus” (see Anderson 1959). Syd began his professional career at KU, where for four years (1955–1959) he served as Assistant Curator in charge of mammals in the Museum of Natural History, and Instructor in the Department of Zoology while he was undertaking his Ph.D. degree work. In 1960, he took the position (1960–1964) of Assistant Curator of Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History and progressed through the ranks to Associate Curator (1964–1969) and Curator (1969–1992). He served as chair of the department from 1974–1981, in which position he led a staff of long-serving mammalogical colleagues, including curators Richard Van Gelder, Karl Koopman, Guy Musser, Hobart Van Deusen, and curatorial assistant, Marie Lawrence. Upon his retirement, he became an emeritus curator, a title he held until his passing. Syd also served as an Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York, from 1969 to 1991, and at New York University in 1973. The breadth of Syd’s professional scientific interests can be judged both by his publication record and by the societies that he joined as a life member in addition to the ASM—American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Ornithological Association, and the Southwestern Association of Naturalists (Charter Patron)—as well as the other societies in which he held memberships—AAAS (Fellow, 1963), American Ornithologists Union, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Ecological Society of America, Society of Systematic Zoology, Wildlife Society, Sigma Xi, and Phi Sigma Biological Society. In 1997 (Anderson 1997:pt. 1, p. 2, this is an unpublished manuscript called “Here and There: A Troika”), Syd recorded his earliest memories of collecting animals, as he wrote: “My first collecting trip took me to our back yard in Topeka, Kansas. I found a dead monarch butterfly under the grape arbor. I was then 5 years old. Somewhere along the line, I had learned that butterflies could be saved by sticking pins through them and drying them. I got a wooden cigar box—those were the oldentimes when they had such things—and put the butterfly in it. Thus began my career as a collector.” As stated by Syd’s former colleague Ross MacPhee (in death notice): “Throughout his career he was attracted to fieldwork, and he and his wife Justine would spend many months collecting specimens, and ‘living hard’ as he put it, in places as completely different as central Colorado and highland Bolivia.” He got early guidance as a naturalist and curator as a high school student, when he made a significant insect collection that he maintained as an undergraduate and graduate student at KU. Perhaps his first mentor in biology and fieldwork was a well-respected herpetologist and mammalogist, Dr. George Rinker, the local dentist in Hamilton, Kansas, where Syd’s family lived. Syd’s younger brother Ben accompanied him on his early trapping adventures. While an undergraduate at Baker University, Syd’s biology professor encouraged his field efforts with mammals, discussing interesting specimens and localities where particular species (for example, southern flying squirrels) could be taken. In his first fall as a new student at KU, Syd conducted fieldwork locally, accompanying Dr. Rollin H. Baker, then curator of mammals at the Natural History Museum. Over KU’s Thanksgiving break, Baker, who was then working on pocket gophers, took Syd and five other students to the Norman, Oklahoma, area to collect specimens. Syd’s field notes from these early trips are quite detailed, and his interest in insects is evident.In the summer of 1950, Syd was able to join a seven-week field course led by Baker to the area around Cody, Wyoming. He wrote, “I am going as cook and as such receive no credit, but am paid. I am able to help also in collecting and preparing specimens.” Later that summer Syd and his brother Ben collected in southwestern Missouri staying with their uncle and aunt, and then to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. He collected briefly in Ontario, then again in the Hamilton, Kansas, area later that fall. In 1951, he collected near the family home at Hamilton, at several sites in southwestern Kansas, and in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. applyparastyle "fig//caption/p[1]" parastyle "FigCapt" applyparastyle "fig" parastyle "Figure"

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讣告：悉尼·安德森（1927–2018）

2018 年 8 月 12 日，美国哺乳动物学会 (ASM) 失去了 20 世纪下半叶的一位巨人，当时悉尼·安德森 (Sydney Anderson) 在阿拉巴马州伯明翰的家中悄悄去世，享年 91 岁。“Syd，”对于他的许多朋友和同事，罗伯特·格兰特 (Robert Grant) 和伊芙琳·芬 (亨特) 安德森 (Evelyn Fern (Hunt) Anderson) 于 1927 年 1 月 11 日出生于堪萨斯州托皮卡 (Topeka)（图 1）。他于 1951 年 8 月 5 日在堪萨斯州的霍尔顿与拉蒂亚·“贾斯汀”·克鲁斯迈尔结婚，贾斯汀在那里长大。这段婚姻生下了三个孩子——伊芙琳·李·安德森·威尔豪斯 (Evelyn Lee Anderson Wheelhouse)，她先于 Syd 去世；查尔斯·悉尼·安德森；和劳拉·林内特·安德森·杜利。Syd 在堪萨斯州鲍德温的贝克大学接受了三年（1946-49 年）的中学后教育，然后在 1950 年进入堪萨斯大学 (KU) 获得动物学学士学位。然后他完成了硕士学位 1952 年获得博士学位。1959 年在 E. Raymond Hall 教授的指导下在 KU。他的硕士论文（Anderson 1952；带有年份的引文来自引用的文献）和论文都涉及山地田鼠，他的论文题目是“山地田鼠的进化，山地田鼠”（见安德森 1959 年） . Syd 在 KU 开始了他的职业生涯，在那里四年（1955-1959），他在自然历史博物馆担任负责哺乳动物的助理馆长，并在攻读博士学位期间担任动物学系的讲师。学位工作。1960 年，他担任美国自然历史博物馆哺乳动物助理馆长（1960-1964），并晋升为副馆长（1964-1969）和馆长（1969-1992）。从 1974 年到 1981 年，他担任该部门的主席，在该职位上，他领导了一群长期服务于哺乳动物的同事，其中包括策展人理查德·范格尔德、卡尔·库普曼、盖伊·穆瑟、霍巴特·范德森和策展助理玛丽·劳伦斯。退休后，他成为名誉策展人，这一头衔一直延续到他去世。Syd 还曾于 1969 年至 1991 年担任纽约城市大学的兼职教授，并于 1973 年在纽约大学担任兼职教授。 Syd 的专业科学兴趣的广度可以通过他的出版记录和他加入的协会来判断作为 ASM——美国生物科学研究所、美国鸟类协会的终身会员，和西南博物学家协会（特许赞助人）——以及他持有会员资格的其他协会——AAAS（研究员，1963 年）、美国鸟类学家联盟、美国鱼类学家和爬行动物学家协会、美国生态学会、系统动物学协会、野生动物协会、Sigma Xi 和 Phi Sigma 生物协会。1997 年（Anderson 1997：pt. 1, p. 2，这是一份未发表的手稿，名为“这里和那里：三驾马车”），Syd 记录了他最早收集动物的记忆，他写道：“我的第一次收集之旅带了我到我们在堪萨斯州托皮卡的后院。我在葡萄架下发现了一只死去的帝王蝶。那时我 5 岁。沿着这条线的某个地方，我了解到可以通过将别针穿过它们并干燥它们来拯救蝴蝶。我拿了一个木制雪茄盒——那是古代有这种东西的时候——把蝴蝶放进去。就这样开始了我的收藏家生涯。” 正如 Syd 的前同事 Ross MacPhee（在死亡通知中）所说：“在他的职业生涯中，他被实地考察所吸引，他和他的妻子 Justine 会花费数月时间收集标本，并用他的话说‘过着艰苦的生活’，在与科罗拉多州中部和玻利维亚高原完全不同。” 他在高中时作为博物学家和策展人获得了早期指导，当时他制作了一个重要的昆虫收藏品，并在 KU 的本科和研究生期间保存了这些收藏品。也许他在生物学和实地考察方面的第一个导师是备受尊敬的爬虫学家和哺乳动物学家乔治·林克博士，他是堪萨斯州汉密尔顿的当地牙医，西德的家人住在那里。Syd 的弟弟 Ben 陪同他进行了早期的诱捕冒险。在贝克大学攻读本科期间，Syd 的生物学教授鼓励他对哺乳动物进行实地研究，讨论有趣的标本和可以采集特定物种（例如南方飞鼠）的地点。在作为 KU 新生的第一个秋季，Syd 陪同时任自然历史博物馆哺乳动物馆长 Rollin H. Baker 博士在当地进行了实地考察。在 KU 的感恩节假期期间，当时正在研究袖珍地鼠的贝克带着 Syd 和其他五名学生前往俄克拉荷马州诺曼地区收集标本。Syd 早期旅行的实地记录非常详细，他对昆虫的兴趣显而易见。1950 年夏天，Syd 能够参加由贝克带领的为期七周的实地课程，前往怀俄明州科迪附近地区。他写道：“我去当厨师，因此没有信用，但有报酬。我也能够帮助收集和准备标本。” 那年夏天晚些时候，Syd 和他的兄弟 Ben 在密苏里州西南部与他们的叔叔和阿姨住在一起，然后去了大烟山国家公园。他在安大略省短暂收集，然后在秋季晚些时候再次在堪萨斯州的汉密尔顿地区收集。1951 年，他在汉密尔顿的家附近、堪萨斯州西南部以及俄克拉荷马州、新墨西哥州、科罗拉多州和怀俄明州的几个地点收集了资料。applyparastyle "fig//caption/p[1]" parastyle "FigCapt" applyparastyle "fig" parastyle "Figure" ” 那年夏天晚些时候，Syd 和他的兄弟 Ben 在密苏里州西南部与他们的叔叔和阿姨住在一起，然后去了大烟山国家公园。他在安大略省短暂收集，然后在秋季晚些时候再次在堪萨斯州汉密尔顿地区收集。1951 年，他在汉密尔顿的家附近、堪萨斯州西南部以及俄克拉荷马州、新墨西哥州、科罗拉多州和怀俄明州的几个地点收集了资料。applyparastyle "fig//caption/p[1]" parastyle "FigCapt" applyparastyle "fig" parastyle "Figure" ” 那年夏天晚些时候，Syd 和他的兄弟 Ben 在密苏里州西南部与他们的叔叔和阿姨住在一起，然后去了大烟山国家公园。他在安大略省短暂收集，然后在秋季晚些时候再次在堪萨斯州的汉密尔顿地区收集。1951 年，他在汉密尔顿的家附近、堪萨斯州西南部以及俄克拉荷马州、新墨西哥州、科罗拉多州和怀俄明州的几个地点收集了资料。applyparastyle "fig//caption/p[1]" parastyle "FigCapt" applyparastyle "fig" parastyle "Figure" 在俄克拉荷马州、新墨西哥州、科罗拉多州和怀俄明州。applyparastyle "fig//caption/p[1]" parastyle "FigCapt" applyparastyle "fig" parastyle "Figure" 在俄克拉荷马州、新墨西哥州、科罗拉多州和怀俄明州。applyparastyle "fig//caption/p[1]" parastyle "FigCapt" applyparastyle "fig" parastyle "Figure"