Robert K. Peet Born: Beloit, WI 2/14/1947 Education: Wisconsin (B.A. 1970; M.S. 1971); Cornell (Ph.D. 1975) Dissertation title: Forest vegetation of the east slope of the Northern Colorado Front Range Advisor: Robert H. Whittaker Comments: Also influenced by Grant Cottam (B. A.) and Orie L. Loucks (M.S.) Teaching History: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1975-present Ph.D.Students: Joan Walker,…
Orlando Park Born: Elizabethtown, KY 10/13/1901; died 9/23/1969 Education: Chicago (B.S. ? Ph.D. 1929) Dissertation title: The measurement of daylight in the Chicago area and its ecological significance Primary specialty: Entomology Ph.D. students: Stanley I. Auerbach ESA offices and honors: Secretary-Treasurer 1936-38; Vice President 1940; President 1943. ESA links: Resolution of Respect External links: Encyclopedia Britannica
Henry J. Oosting Born: Holland, MI 3/12/1903; died 10/30/1968 Education: Hope Coll. (A.B, 1925); Michigan State (M.S. 1927); Minnesota (Ph.D. 1931) Dissertation: A limnological study of Ham Lake, with special emphasis on the flowering plants (Ecol. Mon. 3:494-533) Adviser: William S. Cooper (D) Teaching history: Duke 1932-68 Ph.D. Students: W. Dwight Billings, F. Herbert Bormann, George M. Woodwell Others influenced:…
Charles E. Olmsted Born: Holyoke, CO 4/23/1908; died 11/20/1977 Education: Nebraska (A.B. 1929); Oklahoma (M.S. 1931); Yale (Ph.D. 1936) Dissertation title: The vegetation of the North Haven-Wailingford sand plains (Bot. Gaz. 99:209-300) Advisor: George E. Nichols (confirmed by Frank Egler) Comments: Also influenced by John E. Weaver (as undergraduate) and Paul Sears (as undergraduate and Master’s student). Teaching history: Chicago…
William A. Niering Born: Scotrun, PA 8/28/24; died 8/30/1999 Education: Penn State (B,S. 1948; M.S. 1950); Rutgers (Ph.D. 1952) Dissertation title: The past and present vegetation of High Point State Park, N.J. (Ecol. Mon. 23:127-148) Adviser: Murray F. Buell (C) Other influences: Alvin Grove (undergraduate) Teaching history: Connecticut Coll., 1952-1999. ESA offices and honors: Mercer Award 1967; Secretary 1970 ESA…
George E. Nichols Born: Southington, CT 4/12/1882; died 6/20/39 Education: Yale (B.S. 1904; Ph.D. 1909) Dissertation title: A morphological study of Juniperus communis var. depressa (Bein. Bot. Centralbl. 25:201-241) Adviser: Alexander W. Evans (D) Comments: Spent a year with Henry C. Cowles at Chicago around 1910 Teaching history: Yale 1909-39 Ph.D. students: Frank E. Egler, Charles E. Olmsted ESA offices…
Frederick C. Newcombe Born: 1858; died 1927 Primary specialty: Plant physiology Teaching history: Michigan 1895-1923. Ph. D. Students: Edgar N. Transeau, Frank C. Gates, Walter B. McDougall
Cornelius H. Muller Born: Collinsville, IL 7/22/09; died 1/26/1997 Education: Texas (B.A. 1932, M.A. 1933); Illinois (Ph.D. 1938) Dissertation title: Relations of the vegetation and climatic types in Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Amer. Midl. Nat. 21:687-729) Advisor: Arthur G. Vestal (C) Teaching History: Univ. of California (Santa Barbara) 1945-76; Texas 1974-? (adjunct) Ph. D. Students: Norman L. Christensen Others influenced: Harold…