Richard H. Waring Born: Chicago, IL 5/17/1935 Education: Minnesota (B.S. 1957, M.S. 1959); UC Berkeley (Ph.D. 1963) Dissertation title: Vegetation of the California coast redwood region in relation to gradients of moisture, nutrients, light, and temperature Adviser: Jack Major (C) Other influences: Egolfs Bakuzis, Don Lawrence (M. S.), Edward Stone (Ph.D); Jerry Franklin, Richard Walker, Tom Hinckley, Paul Jarvis, Joe…
Monica G. Turner Born: New York, NY, 12/9/1958 Education: Fordham Univ. (B.A.1980) ; Georgia (Ph.D. 1985) Dissertation title: Ecological effects of multiple perturbations on a Georgia salt marsh Advisor: Frank Golley (C) Other influences: Graduate school: Susan P. Bratton; Postdoc: Eugene P. Odum; early career at ORNL: Robert H. Gardner, Robert V. O’Neill Teaching History: Tennessee 1990-94; Wisconsin 1994- Ph….
G. David Tilman Born: Aurora, IL 7/2/1949 (as Titman; name changed in 1976) Education: Michigan (B.S. 1979; Ph.D. 1976) Dissertation title: Interspecific competition for resources: An experimental and theoretical study. Advisor: Peter Kilham (C) Comments: “I was also greatly influenced by Steve Hubbell and John Vandermeer when I was an undergraduate and graduate student, by Susan Kilham, Nelson Hairston, and…
William A. Reiners Born: Chicago, IL 6/10/1937 Education: Knox College (B.A. 1959), Rutgers (M.S. 1962; Ph.D. 1964) Dissertation title: Ecology of a shrub Synusia in an irradiated ecosystem Advisor: Murray F. Buell Comments: Undergraduate advisor was Paul Shepard, a student of Paul Sears. Other influences: George M. Woodwell (Ph.D. and later); Donald B Lawrence, Eville Gorham, Gene E. Likens (early career);…
Alison G. Power Born: 1/28/1953 Education: Alaska (B.S. 1979); Washington (Ph.D. 1985) Dissertation title: Plant community diversity, insect movement, and the dynamics of an insect-transmitted plant disease (Ecology 68:1658-1669) Advisor: Peter M. Kareiva Teaching History: Cornell 1985—present ESA offices and honors: V. P. for Public Affairs 2005-08; President 2008-09; Fellow 2012
Frank A. Pitelka Born: Chicago, IL 3/27/1916; died 10/10/2003 Education: Illinois (B.S. 1939); California (Ph.D. 1946) Dissertation title: Speciation and ecologic distribution in American jays of the genus Aphelocoma Adviser: Alden Miller Comments: Also influenced by Victor Shelford and Charles Kendeigh as an undergraduate. Primary specialty: Zoology Teaching history: California 1946-1985 (became emeritus) Ph.D. students: 37 including Richard B. Root,…
Steward T. A. Pickett Born: Louisville, KY 11/30/1950 Education: Kentucky (B.S.1972); Illinois (Ph.D. 1977) Dissertation title: Organization of an assemblage of early-successional species along a soil moisture gradient Advisor: Fakhri Bazzaz Teaching History: Rutgers 1977-1986; Connecticut (adjunct) 1989-present Others influenced: Scott Collins (post-doc) ESA offices and honors: Vice President 1995-1998; President 2011-2012
William T. Penfound Born: Elyria, OH 11/8/1897; died 8/31/1984 Education: Oberlin Coll. (A.B. 1922); Illinois (A.M. 1924; Ph.D. 1931) Dissertation title: Plant anatomy as conditioned by light intensity and soil moisture (Amer. J. Bot. 18:558-572) Advisor: W. B. McDougall (C) Comments: Also influenced by A. G. Vestal, “my third, and last, Ph.D. chairman”. Teaching history: Tulane 1927-47; Oklahoma 1947-67; Warren…