M. Graham Netting

Morris Graham Netting was a herpetologist, an early participant in the conservation and environmental movement, and a director of the Carnegie Museum of [Natural History] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Biography

Netting was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. He had a long career at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, where he was Curator of the Section of Amphibians and Reptiles from 1931 to 1954. Netting served as Director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History from 1954 to 1975.
In 1935, Netting and Leonard Llewellyn discovered the Cheat Mountain salamander '', a species unique and endemic to West Virginia. He was Secretary and President of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
In the mid-1950s, Netting helped create the Carnegie Museum of Natural History's field station, Powdermill Nature Reserve. He also helped found many environmental organizations in Pennsylvania including the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.