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Edward S. Deevey

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 honors: Vice President 1961; President 1969-70; Eminent Ecologist 1982
ESA links: Presidential bio | Eminent Ecologist | Resolution of Respect
External links: Wikipedia | Smith bio