Museum Staff and Curators
The Museum is served by a variety of both permanent staff of The College
of Idaho and volunteers from the community.
- Board of Directors
- Dr. Ron Bitner
- Mr. William H. Clark
- Ms. Billie Farley
- Mr. Barry Fujishin
- Mr. James Pike
- Mr. Leland Thames
- Dr. Chris Walser
- Dr. Eric Yensen
- Director: Mr. William Clark,
Adjunct Professor of Biology, (208) 375-8605
Email contact
- Curators and Research Associates:
- Ms. JoAnn Bellon, Assistant to the
Director, (208) 459-5211 Email
contact
- Dr. Paul Blom,
Research Associate Email contact
- Dr. Paul Castrovillo, Curator of
Lepidoptera Email contact
- Mr. Robert Chehey, Research Associate, Lepidoptera Email
contact
- Mr. William H. Clark, Curator of Invertebrates Email
contact
- Janet L. Summers Duffy, Archeologist, Curator of Ethnology Email
contact
- Howard Emry, Curator of Paleontology Email
contact
- Dr. Sean Farley, Research Associate, Mammology Email
contact
- Dr. Patrick F. Fields, Curator of Paleontology; Research Associate,
Paleobotany Email contact
- Dr. Alan R. Gillogly, Curator of Entomology Email contact
- Steven J. Lysne, Curator of Mollusca, (208) 562-3360 Email
contact
- John Keebaugh, Research Associate,
Mollusca, (208) 459-5507 Email
contact
- Mr. Bill Nance, Curator of Ethnography Email
contact
- Mr. James Pike, Assistant to the Director/Research Associate Email
contact
- Dr. James K. Ryan, Curator of Entomology
- Richard A. Salisbury, Associate Curator of Mollusca
- Dr. Gerald R. Smith, Curator of Fossil Fishes Email contact
- Mr. Leland Thames, Facilities
- Dr. Chris Walser, Assistant Professor
of Biology; Associate Curator of Fishes Email
contact
- Dr. David Ward, General Entomology Email
contact
- Dr. Ronald R. Weedon, Curator of Mexican Plants/Research Associate Email
contact
- Mr. Jerry Wood, Research Associate/Librarian; Curator of Invertebrates,
(208) 459-5507 Email contact
- Dr. Eric Yensen, Professor of Biology;
Curator of Mammals; Biology Dept. Coordinator of Museum Affairs, (208)
459-5331 Email contact
- Mr. Donald W. Zaroban, Curator of Fishes
Email contact
Museum Mailing Address:
Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History
The College of Idaho
2112 Cleveland Blvd
Caldwell, ID 83605-4432