Announcing the Cecil and Carol Schwalbe Endowed Chair in Cold-Blooded Research, Teaching, and Conservation at the University of Arizona

A new endowed chair at the University of Arizona has been announced. This faculty position, formally titled the Cecil and Carol Schwalbe Endowed Chair in Cold-blooded Research, Teaching, and Conservation was established in honor of Dr. Cecil Schwalbe, who died in 2022. This article from the Sonoran Herpetologist (Newsletter-Journal of the Tucson Herpetological Society) describes the position and Cecil’s contributions.

Cecil was a long-term ARMI principle investigator. He and his wife Carol hosted ARMI investigators and introduced many of them to the desert and southwestern herpetofauna.

For the full article, please visit https://tucsonherpsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/SH_Vol-39_2026_06.pdf