Lawrence C. Bliss Born: Cleveland, OH 11/29/1929 Education: Kent State Univ. (B.S. 1951); Duke (M.S. 1953, Ph.D. 1956) Dissertation title: A comparison of plant development in microenvironments of arctic and alpine tundras (Ecol. Mon. 26:303-337) Adviser: W. Dwight Billings (C) Teaching history: Bowling Green St. Univ. 1956-57; Illinois 1957-68; Alberta 1968-78; Washington 1978-98. Ph. D. Students: Fakhri Bazzaz ESA offices…
Charles E. Bessey Born: Milton, OH 5/12/1845; died 2/25/1915 Education: Michigan Agric. College [Michigan State Univ.] (B. S. 1869, M. S. 1872); Harvard 1872-73, 75-76; Iowa (Ph.D. 1879); Grinnell (LL.D. 1898) Dissertation title: ? Adviser: Asa Gray? Primary specialty: Plant geography and taxonomy Teaching history: Iowa State 1870-1884; Nebraska 1884-1915 Ph. D. Students: Frederic E. Clements, Roscoe Pound. Others influenced: Conway…
John E. Weaver Born: Villisca, IA 5/5/1884; died 6/8/1966 Education: Nebraska (B. Sc. 1909, M.S. 1911); Minnesota (Ph.D. 1916) Dissertation title: A study of the vegetation of southeastern Washington and adjacent Idaho. (Univ. of Nebraska Studies 17:1-133) Adviser: Frederic E. Clements (D; confirmed by R. Tobey) Teaching history: Washington State 1912-14, Nebraska 1915-52 Ph.D. Students: John M. Aikman, Frederick W….
Henry Chandler Cowles Born: Kensington, CT 2/27/1869; died 9/12/1939 Education: Oberlin Coll. (A.B. 1893); Chicago (Ph.D. 1898) Dissertation title: An ecological study of the sand dune flora of northern Indiana (Bot. Gaz. 27:95-117, 167-202, 281-308, 361-391) Adviser: John M. Coulter (D) Comments: Also influenced by T. C. Chamberlin, geologist. See article by W. S. Cooper, Ecology 16:281-283. Teaching history: Gates…
W. Clark Ashby Born: Duluth, MN 7/6/1922 Education: Chicago (B.D. 1947, Ph. D. 1950); California (1947-49; no degree) Dissertation title: Effects of certain acid growth-regulating substances and their corresponding aldehydes on the growth of roots. (Bot. Gaz. 112: 237-249). Adviser: Poul Larsen (C) Comments: Took courses with and T.A.’d for Charles E. Olmsted while at Chicago. Influenced at California by…
Frederick W. Albertson Born: Hill City, KS 1/1/1892; died 6/8/1961 Education: Ft. Hays, Kansas St. Coll. (B. Sc. 1918); Missouri (A.M. 1930); Nebraska (Ph. D. 1937) Dissertation title: Ecology of mixed prairie in West-Central Kansas (Ecol. Mon. 7:483-547) Adviser: John E. Weaver (D) Teaching history: Ft. Hays St. Coll. 1918-1961 ESA offices and honors: Vice President 1951 ESA links: Resolution…
John M. Aikman Born: Mason City, NE 3/24/1893; died 7/13/1975 Education: Nebraska Wesleyan (A.B. 1917, A.M. 1921; Nebraska (Ph.D. 1928) Dissertation title: Distribution and structure of the forests of eastern Nebraska. (Univ. of Nebr. Studies 26:1-75) Adviser: John E. Weaver (D) Comments: Took a summer course with Henry C. Cowles at Chicago in 1922. Teaching history: Nebr. Wesleyan 1921-27; Iowa…
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