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 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 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 Born: Buffalo, NY 5/17/1868; died 12/6/1959 Primary specialty: Bryology/lichenology Ph. D. Students: George E. Nichols
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