æt ðə tˈaɪm ʌv hɪz dˈɛθ, hiː wʌzɐ pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ɪmˈɛɹɪɾəs ʌvðə ɹˈɪtʃɚd ɡˈɪldɚ ɡɹˈædʒuːət skˈuːl ænd pˈiːɾɚ dʒˈeɪ. sˈɑːlɑːmən fˈæmɪli kjʊɹɹˈeɪɾɚɹ ɪmˈɛɹɪɾəs ʌvðɪ ɪnvˈɜːɾɪbɹˌeɪt zuːˈɑːlədʒi dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ʌvðɪ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən mjuːzˈiəm ʌv nˈætʃɚɹəl hˈɪstɚɹi.
At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Emeritus of the invertebrate zoology department of the American Museum of Natural History.