Harold A. Mooney Born: Santa Rosa, CA 6/1/1932 Education: UC Santa Barbara (A.B. 1957); Duke (M.A. 1958; Ph.D. 1960) Dissertation title: Comparative physiological ecology of Arctic and Alpine populations of Oxyria digyna (Ecol.Monogr. 31:1-29) Advisor: W. D. Billings Comments: Also influenced by C. H. Muller (undergraduate), Ralph O. Slatyer, Harriet Barclay, and Tom Malone. Teaching History: UCLA 1960-68; Stanford 1968-…
Alden Miller Born: Los Angeles, CA 2/4/1906; died 10/9/1965 Education: California (A.B. 1927; Ph.D. 1930) Dissertation title: Systematic revision and natural history of the American shrikes (Laniidae) Advisor: Joseph Grinnell Primary specialty: Ornithology Ph. D. Students: Frank A. Pitelka External link: NAS bibliographic memoir
Born: Bluefield, WV 12/23/1943 Education: Wesleyan (B. A. 1965; M. A. 1968); Yale (M.F.S 1972; Ph.D. 1975) Dissertation title: Mineralization of nitrogen in northern forest ecosystems. Advisors: F. H. Bormann and G. K. Voigt Teaching History: Ecosystems Center, MBL 1976-present; Brown 2007-present Ph.D. Students (Brown-MBL Joint Program): Gillian Galford, Marc Mayes Others influenced: (Post-doctoral Fellows): Richard Bowden, Mark Castro, A….
Peter M. Vitousek Born: Honolulu, HI 1/24/1949 Education: Amherst (B.A. 1971); Dartmouth (Ph.D. 1975) Dissertation title: The regulation of element concentrations in mountain streams in the northeastern United States (Ecol. Monogr. 47:65-87) Adviser: William A. Reiners (C) Comments: Also influenced by Stuart Fisher (undergraduate advisor) Teaching History: Indiana 1975-79; North Carolina 1980-1983; Stanford 1983-present Ph. D. Students: G. Philip Robertson,…
Samuel J. McNaughton Born: Takoma Park, MD 8/10/1939 Education: Northwest Mo. State (B.S. 1961); Texas (Ph.D. 1964) Dissertation title Ecotypic patterns in Typha and their significance in ecosystem integration. (Ecol. Monogr. 36: 297-325) Adviser: Calvin McMillan Comments: Also influenced by Irene Mueller, a Ph.D. student of John E. Weaver Teaching History: Portland State 1964-65; Syracuse 1966-2004 (emeritus) Ph. D. Students:…
Calvin McMillan Born: Murray, UT 2/20/22; died 8/27/1997 Education: Utah (B.S. 1947, M.S. 1948); California (Berkeley) (Ph.D. 1952) Dissertation title: An experimental inquiry into the edaphic restriction of certain members of the California flora (Ecol. Mon. 26:177-212) Adviser: Herbert L. Mason (C) Comments: Walter P. Cottam was adviser for M.S. Teaching history: Nebraska 1952-58; Texas 1958-? Ph.D. students: Samuel J. McNaughton…
Robert P. McIntosh Born: Milwaukee, WI 9/24/20 Education: Lawrence Coll. (B.S. 1942); Wisconsin (M.S. 1948; Ph.D. 1950) Dissertation title: The phytosociology of the upland hardwood forest of southern Wisconsin (Ecology 32:476-496 and Ecology 38:29-37; additional data in Ecology 43:25-33). Adviser: John T. Curtis (C) Teaching history: Middlebury Coll. 1950-53; Vassar 1953-58; Notre Dame 1958-?. Others influenced: James A. MacMahon ESA…
Walter B. McDougall Born: Ypsilanti, MI 12/10/1883; Died 12/25/80 Education: Michigan (A.B. 1911; Ph.D. 1913) Dissertation title: On the mycorhizas of forest trees (Amer. J. Bot. 1:51-74) Adviser: Frederick C. Newcombe (C) Comments: Took one course in plant ecology from Henry A. Gleason while at Michigan, but other than that “I dug it out by myself”. Teaching history: Illinois 1913-29;…