John "Johnny" Palka is a University of Washington professor of zoology who joined the faculty in 1969. Palka received his B.A. from Swarthmore in 1960 and his PhD from UCLA in 1965. He was director of the Biology Program at UW 1992-1997, and founding co-director of the Program on the Environment 1997-2002. The recipient of several awards and honors throughout his distinguished career, Palka became professor emeritus at UW after retiring from teaching in 2002.
Arranged as received. Subject headings described in the inventory below are dispersed among boxes as noted.
Biographical information, correspondence, publication files, research files, course files, University of Washington administrative files, student advising files, reprints.
[Title of item], [date of item if known], [box/folder number], John Palka Papers, acc3841-001, University of Washington Libraries.
Source: John Palka, 2008.
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Curriculum vitae, bibliographies, and related materials.
UW interdepartmental correspondence; correspondence with research partners and regarding collaborative projects or publications; correspondence with National Science Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, and other universities regarding grant proposals and research opportunities; personal correspondence. Correspondence is also interfiled with other series, such as research files, publication files and UW administrative files.
Correspondence, manuscripts and abstracts, illustrations, photographs.
Grant proposals, notes, manuscripts, and abstracts; regarding research in crickets, scorpions, neurology, and other subjects.
Coursepacks, lecture notes, course evaluations, clippings. Courses taught at the University of Washington and at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Student papers, final exams and grades have been removed.
Correspondence, meeting minutes, and other material related to the Biology Program, the Program on the Environment, and other colloquiums and seminars.
Contains correspondence with students and drafts of students' dissertations, letters of recommendation, and related material.
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Reprints of John Palka's published articles.