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Paul G. Risser Born: Blackwell, OK 9/14/1939; died 7/10/2014 Education: Grinnell College (B.A. 1961); Wisconsin (M.S. 1965; Ph.D. 1967) Dissertation title: Physiological ecology of some spring ephemerals Advisor: Grant Cottam Other influences: Orie L. Loucks (Ph.D) Teaching History: Oklahoma 1967-81; New Mexico (Vice President) 1986-93; Miami (Ohio) 1993-1996; Oregon State (President) 1996-2002 Ph.D. students: Scott L. Collins ESA offices and…
John F. Reed Born: Rockport, ME 11/18/11; died 12/4/1997 Education: Dartmouth (A.B. 1933); Duke (M.A. 1935; Ph.D. 1936) Dissertation title: Root and shoot growth of shortleaf and loblolly pines in relation to certain environmental conditions (Duke Univ. Sch. of Forestry Bull. #4) Advisor: Clarence F. Korstian (C) Comments: Was very close to and strongly influenced by H. J. Oosting as…
Hugh M. Raup Born: Springfield, OH 2/4/1901; died 8/10/1995 Education: Wittenberg Coll. (A.B. 1923), Pittsburgh (A.M. 1925; Ph.D. 1928) Advisor: ? Dissertation title: A survey of the vegetation of Shelter Point, Athabasca Lake Teaching history: Wittenberg 1925-1932; Harvard 1938-1967 (emeritus-1990) Ph.D. students: Margaret B. Davis External links: Wikipedia | Smith bios | NYT obituary
Francis Ramaley Born: St. Paul, MN 11/16/1870; died 6/10/1942 Education: Minnesota (B.S. 1895, M.S. 1896, Ph. D. 1899) Adviser: Conway MacMillan (Univ. of Minnesota Botany Dept. records) Teaching history: Minnesota 1895-98; Colorado 1900-39. Ph.D. students: Others influenced: Arthur G. Vestal (M.S.), Rexford Daubenmire (M.S.) ESA offices and honors: Vice President 1931; President 1940. ESA links: ESA Obituary Archived papers: Francis…
Roscoe Pound Born: Lincoln, NE 10/27/1870; died 7/1/64 Education: Nebraska (A.B. 1888, A.M. 1889; Ph.D. 1897); Harvard Law (1889-90, no degree (?)) Dissertation title: The phytogeography of Nebraska (presented jointly with F. E. Clements) Advisor: Charles E. Bessey (D) Teaching history: (none in ecology) Comments: For several years Pound was simultaneously a law professor and the Director of the Nebraska…
John E. Potzger Born: Presque Isle Co., MI 7/31/1886; died 9/18/1955 Education: Butler Univ. (A.B. 1927; M.A. 1931), Indiana (Ph.D. 1932) Dissertation title: The ecology of certain swamp, floodplain, and upland plant communities in Monroe County, Indiana Advisor: Stanley A. Cain? Other influence: Frank C. Gates Teaching history: Butler Univ. 1932-1955 ESA offices and honors: Member-at-Large 1951-52; President 1954 ESA…
Robert B. Platt Born: Knoxville, IN 1/19/13; died 3/11/1998 Education: Emory and Henry Coll, (B.A. 1933); Peabody Coll. (M.S. 1935); Univ. of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. 1948) Dissertation title: Shale barrens of the mid-Appalachian Mountains. (Ecol. Mon. 21:269-300) Advisor: Edgar T. Wherry (C) Other influences: Stanley A. Cain, Henry J. Oosting, Jesse Shaver Teaching history: Radford Coll. 1940-41; Emory Univ. 1948-78 ESA…
Patricia A. Werner Born: Flint, MI 7/7/1941 Education: Michigan State (M.S. 1968; Ph.D. 1972) Dissertation title: Effect of the invasion of Dipsacus sylvestris on plant communities in early old-field succession Advisor: John E. Cantlon (C) Other influences: (M.S.) John Beaman; (Ph.D.) William E. Cooper, Peter G. Murphy, Stephen N. Stephenson Teaching History: Michigan State 1973-1986, Florida 1992-2002 (became emeritus), Australian National…
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