John B. Burch, Ph.D., curator of mollusks in the Museum of Zoology and professor of zoology, College of Literature Science and the Arts, and professor of natural resources, retired from active faculty status on December 31, 2001. From 1955-1962, he was a research assistant, then research associate. 1- joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and Department of Zoology as a curator and assistant professor in 1962. He was promoted to associate professor in 1964 and professor in 1970. He served as the chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from 1979-81 and was named professor of natural resources in 1980.