Aaron J. Sharp Born: Plain City, OH 7/29/04; died 11/15/1997 Education: Ohio Wesleyan (A.B. 1927); Oklahoma (M.S. 1929); Ohio State (Ph.D. 1938). Dissertation title: Taxonomic and ecologic status of eastern Tennessee Bryophytes (Amer. Midl. Nat. 21:267-354) Advisor: Glenn W. Blaydes (C) Comments: Also influenced by Frank C. Gates (during summer course at Mich. Biol. Sta.) Paul Sears (as Master’s student),…
Homer L. Shantz Born: Kent Co, MI 1/24/1876; died 6/23/1958 Education: Colorado Coll. (B.S. 1901); Nebraska (Ph.D. 1905). Dissertation title: A study of the vegetation of the mesa region east of Pikes Peak (Bot. Gaz. 42:16-47, 179-207) Advisor: Frederic E. Clements (D) Teaching history: Colorado Coll 1901-02; Nebraska 1903-04; Missouri 1905-06; Louisiana State 1907; Illinois 1926-28; Univ. of Arizona 1928-36…
Royal E. Shanks Born: Ada, OH 11/11/1912; died 8/4/1962 Education: Ohio Northern (B.A. 1933); Ohio State (M.S. 1937, Ph.D. 1938) Dissertation title: The original vegetation of a part of the lake plain of northwestern Ohio: Wood and Henry counties Advisor: H. C. Sampson (signed dissertation) Comments: E. N. Transeau was Shanks’ adviser for his Master’s thesis (Vegetation of Trumbull, Co.,…
Paul B. Sears Born: Bucyrus, OH 12/17/1891; died 4/30/1990 Education: Ohio Wesleyan (B.S. 1913); Nebraska (M.A. 1915); Chicago (Ph.D. 1922) Dissertation title: Variations in cytology and gross morphology of Taraxacum (Bot. Gaz. 73:308-325, 425-446) Advisor: C. J. Chamberlain (C) Comments: Also influenced by E. N. Transeau (while teaching at Ohio State), Charles E. Bessey (Master’s advisor at Nebraska), and H….
William H. Schlesinger Born: Cleveland, OH 4/30/1950 Education: Dartmouth (A.B. 1972); Cornell (Ph.D. 1976) Dissertation title: Biogeochemical limits on two levels of plant community organization in the cypress forest of Okefenokee Swamp Advisor: Peter L. Marks (C) Comments: Also influenced by William A. Reiners (undergraduate) Teaching History: UC Santa Barbara 1976-80; Duke 1980-2007 Ph.D. students: John T. Gray, Lucy St….
Homer C. Sampson Born: Wheeler, IL 2/21/1885; died ca. 7/1/1963 Education: Chicago (B.S. 1914; Ph.D. 1917) Dissertation title: Chemical changes accompanying abscission in Coleus blumei (Bot. Gaz. 66:32-53) Advisor: William M. Crocker? (Mentioned in dissertation along with others) Comments: Was an assistant at Eastern Illinois State Univ. 1909-12, while E. N. Transeau was teaching there, and was doubtless influenced by him…
Richard B. Root Born: Dearborn, MI 9/7/1936; died 1/22/2013 Education: Michigan (B.S. 1958), UC Berkeley (Ph.D. 1964) Advisor: Frank A. Pitelka Dissertation title: Niche organization in the blue-gray gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Other influences: (undergraduate) Frederick E. Smith, Herbert Wagner, Francis Evans, Nelson Hairston Teaching history: Cornell 1964-2005 (became emeritus) Ph.D. students: Beverly Rathcke, Peter Kareiva ESA offices and honors: Vice…
Paul G. Risser Born: Blackwell, OK 9/14/1939; died 7/10/2014 Education: Grinnell College (B.A. 1961); Wisconsin (M.S. 1965; Ph.D. 1967) Dissertation title: Physiological ecology of some spring ephemerals Advisor: Grant Cottam Other influences: Orie L. Loucks (Ph.D) Teaching History: Oklahoma 1967-81; New Mexico (Vice President) 1986-93; Miami (Ohio) 1993-1996; Oregon State (President) 1996-2002 Ph.D. students: Scott L. Collins ESA offices and…