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Helen Foot Buell, 1902-1995Ed. Note: In anticipation of a new essay on Murray (and Helen) Buell, scheduled to appear in the Bulletin‘s July 2016 issue, we wanted to share a brief profile of Helen Foot (sometimes spelled Foote) Buell, Murray’s long-time partner in life and field work—the other Dr. Buell.Dr. Jean Langenheim met Dr. Buell during Jean’s graduate studies at…
The world of ecology is saddened today by news of the passing of Robert Paine, who died last night after an illness. Dr. Paine was president of ESA in 1979-1980; his role is captured in his reflections on his presidency, written in 2012 as part of the Past Presidents timeline project. April 13, 1933 – June 13, 2016 Reflections on…
Contributed by William Dritschilo Frances Crews James, September 29, 1930- For her doctoral dissertation, “Fran” James questioned a hoary ecological shibboleth, correcting Ernst Mayr with a bit of German translation in the process. Although she was very much on the sidelines of the fracas that earned some of her more vocal colleagues at Florida State University the epithet, “Tallahassee mafia”—which…
August 7-12, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Julie Mulroy and Zoe Nyssa have assembled a terrific program for the Ft. Lauderdale meeting. We have an exceptionally diverse set of disciplines represented, as you will see from the descriptions below. Steven Armour, who is in charge of ESA’s electronic archives at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia, will be…
Contributed by William Dritschilo Beverly Jean Rathcke, July 12, 1945- January 6, 2011 “Bev” Rathcke was a member of what Jean Langenheim described as the “First Modern Wave” of women ecologists in her review article on women in the science. Rathcke was noted for “challenging current dogma.” In particular, her early work on stem borers played an important part in…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Current: Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife at the University of Missouri–Columbia, MO Education B.S. Biology, Morehouse CollegeM.F.S. Master of Forest Science with an emphasis on wildlife, Yale UniversityPh.D. Ecology/Wildlife Ecology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and ForestryDr. Nilon was awarded ESA’s Commitment…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2010.Current: Research Associate, UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, othersPh.D. Dalhousie UniversityB.Sc. Honours University of British ColumbiaDr. Lam served as an ESA Council Member-at-Large from 2011 to 2013, and as Chair of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge section 2008-2011. Ecologist Profile Describe what you do and…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Currently, Director for Conference and Presentation Programs in the Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics and Related Professions, Washington DC.Professor (retired), College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University and School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa….
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