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Henry J. Oosting

Henry J. Oosting
Born: Holland, MI 3/12/1903; died 10/30/1968
Education: Hope Coll. (A.B, 1925); Michigan State (M.S. 1927); Minnesota (Ph.D. 1931)
Dissertation: A limnological study of Ham Lake, with special emphasis on the flowering plants (Ecol. Mon. 3:494-533)
Adviser: William S. Cooper (D)
Teaching history: Duke 1932-68
Ph.D. Students: W. Dwight Billings, F. Herbert Bormann, George M. Woodwell
Others influenced: John Reed, Richard T. T. Forman, Robert B. Platt
ESA offices and honors: Treasurer 1944-49; Business Manager 1954-68; President 1955-56
ESA links: Presidential bio | Resolution of Respect
Archived Papers: Henry J. Oosting Papers at Duke  |  Some correspondence in the Odum Papers at UGA/ESA Archives
External links: Smith bios | Wikipedia