Ralph O. Erickson Born: Duluth, MN 10/27/1914; died 3/24/2006 Education: Gustavus Adolphus Coll. (B. A. 1939); Washington Univ. (St. Louis) (M.S. 1941; Ph.D. 1944) Dissertation title: The Clematis fremontii var. riehlii population in the Ozarks. (Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 32:413-60.) Primary specialty: Plant morphology Teaching history: Rochester 1944-47; Pennsylvania 1949-85 (emeritus) Ph. D. Students: Richard T. T. Forman External links:…
Samuel Eddy Born: 1897; died 1972 Primary specialty: Limnology Ph. D. Students: Raymond L. Lindeman ESA offices: Vice President 1954
Arthur J. Eames Born: So. Framingham, MA 10/10/1881; died 2/13/1989 Primary specialty: Plant anatomy and morphology Ph. D. Students: A. A. Lindsey External links: Obituary
Stephen A. Forbes Born: Silver Creek, IL 5/29/1844; died 3/13/1930 Education: Indiana (Ph.D. 1884) Primary specialties: Entomology, limnology. Teaching history: Illinois 1884-1921 Others influenced: Benjamin M. Duggar; Henry A. Gleason ESA offices and honors: President 1921 Archived papers: Steven Alfred Forbes Papers, 1830-1955. Illinois History and Lincoln collections, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. External links: Smith bios | Wikipedia
Benjamin M. Duggar Born: Gallion, AL 9/1/1872; died 9/10/1956 Primary specialty: Plant physiology and pathology Advisor: George F. Atkinson Influenced by: Stephen A. Forbes Ph. D. Students: John T. Curtis Comments: Discoverer of chlortetracycline (aureomycin) External links: Wikipedia | NAS Memoir
Edward S. Deevey Born: Albany, NY 12/3/1914; died 11/29/1988 Education: Yale (BA 1934; Ph.D. 1938) Dissertation title: Studies on Connecticut lake sediments (American Scientist 237: 691-724) Adviser: G. Evelyn Hutchinson Teaching History: Rice 1939-43; Yale 1946-68; Dalhousie 1968-71; Florida 1971-88 Ph. D. Students: Estella B. Leopold, Daniel A. Livingstone, J. Gordon Ogden Others influenced: Margaret B. Davis ESA offices and…
Margaret B. Davis Born: Boston, MA 10/23/1931 Education: Radcliffe (AB 1953), Harvard (Ph.D. 1957) Dissertation title: Late-glacial pollen diagrams from Central Massachusetts. (Am. J. Science 256:540-570) Adviser: H. M. Raup Comments: Did post-docs with H. M. Raup (Harvard 1957-58), H. Lowenstamm (Caltech 1959-60), E. S. Deevey (Yale 1960-61) Teaching History: University of Michigan 1966-1973, Yale 1973-76, Univ. Minnesota 1976-2000 Ph. D….
Rexford Daubenmire Born: Coldwater, OH 12/12/1909; died 8/27/1995 Education: Butler Univ. (B.S. 1930); Colorado (M.S. 1932); Minnesota (Ph.D. 1935) Dissertation title: The big woods of Minnesota: its structure and relation to climate, fire, and soils. (Ecol. Mon. 6:235-268) Adviser: W. S. Cooper (C) Comments: Also influenced by R. C. Friesner and S. A. Cain as undergraduate and Francis Ramaley, his…