GREGG

    Robert Edmond Gregg of 762 Eight St., Boulder, died 
Friday, Jan. 29, at his home.  He was 80.
    Born April 19, 1912, in Chicago, he was the son of 
Robert Scott Gregg and Florence May Hutton Gregg. On 
Aug. 28, 1939, he married Ella Virginia Miller in Chicago.
    Mr. Gregg came to Boulder in 1944 from Duluth, Minn., 
where was a professor of biology at State Teachers College.
    He earned his B.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in zoology from 
the University of Chicago where he was elected to Phi Beta 
Kappa.
    In Boulder, Mr. Gregg began teaching at the University 
of Colorado, where he gained a full professorship in the 
Department of Biology in 1959.  He retired from CU in 1977.
    A member of the Entomological Society of America and 
several other entomological societies, he specialized in 
the collection, classification, ecology and distribution 
of ants.  He published about 50 research papers and wrote 
a book, "Ants of Colorado."
    He won honors from the Scientific Research Society 
of America, the American Society of Zoologists and the 
American Association for Advancement of Science.
    He and his wife spent more than 40 years building one 
of the major collections of North American ants.
    Mr. Gregg, who enjoyed travel, drawing, photography 
and gardening, was also a member of the Wilderness 
Society, the Nature Conservancy and the National 
Geographic Society.
    He was a Protestant.
    Survivors include a sister-in-law, Beatrice M. Gregg 
of Edmonds, Wash.; a nephew, Donald Gregg of Spokane, 
Wash.; and a niece, Betty Gregg Bates of Seattle, Wash.
    He was preceded in death by his wife and his brother, 
Belldon H. Gregg.
    Visitation will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at 
Howe Mortuary, 2121 11th St. in Boulder.
    Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the 
Howe Mortuary Chapel, with the Rev. Kayrene B. Pearson 
of Community United Church of Christ officiating.
    Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery in Rapid 
City, S.D.
    In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to 
the American Cancer Society.