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John M. Aikman

John M. Aikman
Born: Mason City, NE 3/24/1893; died 7/13/1975
Education: Nebraska Wesleyan (A.B. 1917, A.M. 1921; Nebraska (Ph.D. 1928)
Dissertation title: Distribution and structure of the forests of eastern Nebraska. (Univ. of Nebr. Studies 26:1-75)
Adviser: John E. Weaver (D)
Comments: Took a summer course with Henry C. Cowles at Chicago in 1922.
Teaching history: Nebr. Wesleyan 1921-27; Iowa State 1927-75.
ESA offices and honors: Vice President 1945; President 1946.
ESA links: Resolution of Respect
Archived papers: John Mulvaney Aikman Papers, 1922-1979. Parks Library, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. This collection contains files on various projects, courses, seminars, and related college associations. The material is grouped by subject and arranged chronologically within the subject.