What key details about carl rettenmeyer can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: carl w. rettenmeyer -lrb- february 10 , 1931 - april 9 , 2009 -rrb- was an american biologist who specialised in army ants . he was born in meriden , connecticut and later attended swarthmore college in pennsylvania . he first became interested in army ants when he visited panama as an undergraduate and then returned there as a postgraduate . although he studied many aspects of army ant biology , he particularly focused on the animals associated with the ants and especially mites which live on the ants . he was well known for his photography of army ants , with his photographs appearing in over 100 publications and he used his video footage to create two dvds . he taught at the university of kansas from 1960 until 1971 and then at the university of connecticut until his retirement in 1996 , after being diagnosed with waldenstrom 's macroglobulinemia . after his death in 2009 , a set of papers on army ants were published in '' insectes sociaux '' in memory of his work .
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- alt is a portrait of rettenmeyer- fields is army ant biology- influences is theodore schneirla- death date is 09 april 2009- doctoral advisor is charles duncan michener- birth date is 10 february 1931- name is carl rettenmeyer- nationality is american- image is carl rettenmeyer.jpg- birth place is meriden , connecticut- alma mater is swarthmore college , university of kansas