Charles M. Mottley papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 21-23-2892

Scope and content

Typescript and handwritten manuscripts and papers documenting Mottley's varied research interests in ichthyology and zoology, including salmon migration, Kamloops and rainbow trout, fisheries, taxonomy, fish population dynamics, and the relationship between environmental factors and applied ecology. Papers on fisheries written jointly with Russell F. Lord, C. W. Lyon, Jr., Daniel R. Embody, and H. John Rayner. Notes and reports relating to biostatistics of Paul Lake Trout Population including "Trout Investigation: 1931 Report," a handwritten manuscript probably by Mottley. Also, papers on strategic planning, policy making and biographical information and a bibliography of Mottley's writings.

Dates

1926-1992

Creator

Mottley, Charles M., 1905-1993 (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Charles McCammon Mottley was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky and grew up in British Columbia. He graduated from the University of British Columbia and received a master's degree and a doctorate from the University of Toronto. He taught at Cornell University in the Department of Entomology and Limnology from 1937 until the outbreak of World War II, when he joined the Navy. After the war, he worked as chief of inland fisheries research for the Department of the Interior, and later in research and development for the Air Force. In 1956 he became director of marketing and operations for Charles Pfizer Incorporated, and then general manager of the Stanford Research Institute. In 1962 he returned to Washington and served as director of the Center for Naval Analysis. He was also a consultant in strategic planning for various agencies.