John W. Harshberger Born: Philadelphia, PA 1/1/1869; died 4/27/1929 Education: University of Pennsylvania (BS 1982; Ph.D. 1983) Dissertation title: Maize: an botanical and economic study Adviser: ? Teaching history: Pennsylvania 1892-1929 Comments: Wrote an autobiography, “Life and Work of John Harshberger, Ph.D.: An Autobiography” (Philadelphia, 1928). ESA offices and honors: Founder (1914); Vice President 1917; President 1926 ESA links: ESA…
Herbert C. Hanson Born: Faribault, MN, 4/18/1890; died 3/5/1962 Education: Minnesota (A.B. 1914); Nebraska (A.M. 1916; Ph.D. 1925) Dissertation title: A study of the vegetation of northeastern Arizona (Univ. of Neb. Studies, Vol. 24, no. 3-4) Adviser: John E. Weaver? Comments: R.J. Poole, a taxonomist, is given as much credit as Weaver in the acknowledgements in the published version of…
Katherine L. Gross Born: Madison, WI 10/28/53 Education: Iowa State (B.S. 1975); Michigan State (Ph.D. 1980) Dissertation title: Ecological consequences of differences in life history characteristics among four “biennial” plants (Oecologia 48:209-213; Ecology 63:921-931) Adviser: Patricia A. Werner Teaching History: Ohio State 1980-87; Michigan State 1987-present ESA offices and honors: Vice President 1992-93; President 1998-99; Distinguished Service Citation 2008; Fellow…
Robert E. Gordon Born: New York, NY 6/20/1925; died 1996 Primary specialty: Herpetology Education: Emory (A. B. 1949); Georgia (M. S. 1950); Tulane (Ph.D. 1956) Dissertation title: The biology and biodemography of Anolis carolinensis carolinensis Voigt Adviser: Fred R. Cagle (confirmed by J. A. MacMahon) Comments: Also influenced by Eugene Odum (M. S.) Teaching History: Northeastern Louisiana St. 1954-58; Notre…
Frank C. Gates Born: Chicago, IL 9/12/1887; died 3/31/1955 Education: Illinois (A.B. 1910); Michigan (Ph.D. 1912) Dissertation title: Winter as a factor in the xerophily of certain evergreen plants (Bot. Gaz. 57:445-489) Adviser: F. C. Newcombe (confirmed by David Gates) Comments: According to his son David, Frank Gates was influenced much more strongly by H. A. Gleason than by Newcombe,…
George D. Fuller Born: Adamsville, Quebec 2/18/1869; died 11/22/1961 Education: McGill (A.B. 1901); Chicago (Ph.D. 1913). Dissertation title: Evaporation and soil moisture in relation to the succession of plant associations. (Bot. Gaz. 58:193-234) Adviser: H. C. Cowles (D) Teaching history: Chicago 1909-34 (retired) – 38(?) Ph. D. Students: Stanley A. Cain Others influenced: Frank E. Egler, Elbert L. Little ESA…
Jerry F. Franklin Born: Waldport, OR 10/27/1936 Education: Oregon State (BS 1959, MS 1961), Washington State (Ph.D. 1966) Dissertation title: Vegetation and soils in the subalpine forests of the southern Washington Cascade Range Adviser: Rex Daubenmire Teaching History: Oregon State 1976-92, Washington 1986-present Comments: Also influenced by William K. Ferrell as an undergraduate and Master’s student and K. Norman Johnson…