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Frank C. Gates
Frank C. Gates Born: Chicago, IL 9/12/1887; died 3/31/1955 Education: Illinois (A.B. 1910); Michigan (Ph.D. 1912) Dissertation title: Winter as a factor in the xerophily of certain evergreen plants (Bot. Gaz. 57:445-489) Adviser: F. C. Newcombe (confirmed by David Gates) Comments: According to his son David, Frank Gates was influenced much more strongly by H. A. Gleason than by Newcombe,…
George D. Fuller
George D. Fuller Born: Adamsville, Quebec 2/18/1869; died 11/22/1961 Education: McGill (A.B. 1901); Chicago (Ph.D. 1913). Dissertation title: Evaporation and soil moisture in relation to the succession of plant associations. (Bot. Gaz. 58:193-234) Adviser: H. C. Cowles (D) Teaching history: Chicago 1909-34 (retired) – 38(?) Ph. D. Students: Stanley A. Cain Others influenced: Frank E. Egler, Elbert L. Little ESA…
Jerry F. Franklin
Jerry F. Franklin Born: Waldport, OR 10/27/1936 Education: Oregon State (BS 1959, MS 1961), Washington State (Ph.D. 1966) Dissertation title: Vegetation and soils in the subalpine forests of the southern Washington Cascade Range Adviser: Rex Daubenmire Teaching History: Oregon State 1976-92, Washington 1986-present Comments: Also influenced by William K. Ferrell as an undergraduate and Master’s student and K. Norman Johnson…
Richard T. T. Forman
Richard T. T. Forman Born: Richmond, VA 11/10/1935 Education: Haverford (B. S. 1957), Penn (Ph.D. 1961) Dissertation title: Growth under controlled conditions, an explanation of the distribution patterns of the moss Tetraphis pellucida Adviser: Ralph O. Erickson Comments: Also influenced by William Denison (undergraduate); Henry J. Oosting, W. Dwight Billings, Lewis E. Anderson, D. R. Goddard (Ph.D) Teaching History: Escuela…
Paul P. Feeny
Paul P. Feeny Born: Birmingham, England 2/8/1940 Education: Oxford (B.A. 1960 and 1963; M.S. 1961; Ph.D. 1966) Dissertation title: Effects on oak-feeding insects of seasonal changes in the nature of their food (Ecology 51:565-581; J. Insect Physiology 14:805–81; Phytochemistry 7:871–880; Phytochemistry 8:2119–2126) Adviser: G. C. Varley (Ecology, Entomology); P. C. J. Brunet (Biochemistry) Teaching History: Cornell 1967-2010 (emeritus) Comments: “Both…
Frank E. Egler
Frank E. Egler Born: New York, NY 4/26/1911; died 12/26/1996 Education: Chicago (B.S. 1932); Minnesota (M.S. 1934); Yale (Ph.D. 1936) Dissertation title: Upland woody vegetation of the Berkshire Plateau (Ecol. Mon. 10:145-192) Adviser: George E. Nichols (C) Comments: Influenced more strongly by G. D. Fuller (undergraduate) and W. S. Cooper (Master’s) than Nichols, with whom he was not very sympathetic….
Alexander W. Evans
Alexander W. Evans Born: Buffalo, NY 5/17/1868; died 12/6/1959 Primary specialty: Bryology/lichenology Ph. D. Students: George E. Nichols