Ethington was born in
State Center, Iowa, on August 28, 1929. He was one of the Chief Panderers of the
Pander Society, an informal organisation founded in 1967 for the promotion of the study of
conodont palaeontology. In 1983, with John E. Repetski, he described the conodont genus
Rossodus. Ethington died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 96. == Awards ==