Tracy I. Storer (1889–1973)

Pioneering zoologist who started on the faculty of the University of California, Davis, in 1923. For many years Storer was the only zoology faculty member, founding what would become a top-ranked ecology and evolutionary biology graduate program. He did the original research for the ground-breaking survey of the animals of Yosemite beginning in 1914. He wrote a classic textbook
called 'General Zoology' and is also well-known for his 'Sierra Nevada Natural History' and 'California Grizzly'.