Object Details
- Subject
- Rand, A. Stanley (Austin Stanley) 1932-
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- A. Stanley Rand (1932-2005), was a herpetologist specializing in frog communication. In 1964, Rand was appointed a Biologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. From 1974 to 1979, he served as Assistant Director at STRI, and in 1979 was named Senior Biologist.
- Summary
- A. Stanley Rand in Panama on the Old Gamboa Road. He is holding equipment to capture the sound of frogs and there is a small frog sitting on the microphone in his hand. Rand a herpetologist began his work at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in 1964 and retired in 1998.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9579, Box 1, Folder Stan Rand Oral History
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- June 1996
- Standard number
- SIA2011-0032
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 6w x 4h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Panama
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Sound recordings
- Herpetologists
- Frogs
- Tropical forest
- Herpetology
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Biologists
- Record ID
- siris_sic_12509
