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Murray F. Buell Born: New Haven, CT 10/6/1905, died 7/2/1975 Education: Cornell (A.B. 1930); Minnesota (A.M. 1934, Ph.D. 1935). Dissertation title: The embryogeny of Acorus calamus Linn. (Bot. Gaz. 99:556-568) Adviser: Fred K. Butters (confirmed by Helen Buell) Comments: Strongly influenced by William S. Cooper in graduate school. Teaching history: N.C. State 1935-46; Rutgers 1946-71. Summers at Itasca Biol. Sta….
Emma Lucy Braun Born: Cincinnati, OH 4/19/1889; died 3/5/1971 Education: Cincinnati (B.A. 1910; M.A. 1912; Ph.D. 1914) Dissertation title: The physiographic ecology of the Cincinnati region (Ohio Biol. Surv. 2:115-211. Bull. no. 7) Adviser: Harris M. Benedict (D) Comments: Thesis thanks Henry C. Cowles for helpful suggestions. A new Eupatorium species, E. luciae-brauniae, was named for her by M. L….
F. Herbert Bormann Born: New York, NY 3/24/1922; died 6/7/2012 Education: Rutgers (B.S. 1948); Duke (M.A. 1950, Ph.D. 1952) Dissertation title: Factors determining the role of loblolly pine and sweetgum in early old-field succession (Ecol. Mon. 23:339-358) Adviser: Henry J. Oosting (C) Comments: Influenced by Murray Buell as an undergraduate. Teaching history: Emory Univ. 1952-56; Dartmouth 1956-66; Yale 1966-1992 Ph….
Fakhri Bazzaz Born: Baghdad, Iraq 6/16/1933; died 2/6/2008 Education: Univ. Baghdad (BA 1953), Illinois (MS 1960; Ph.D. 1963) Dissertation title: Secondary succession on abandoned fields in Southern Illinois (Ecology 49: 924-36 ) Adviser: Lawrence C. Bliss (C) Teaching History: Baghdad 1964-66; Illinois 1963-64, 66-84; Harvard 1984-2004. Ph. D. Students: Steward T. A. Pickett ESA links: Resolution of Respect External links:…
W. Dwight Billings Born: Washington, D.C. 12/29/1910; died 1/4/1997. Education: Butler Univ. (A.B. 1933); Duke (A.M. 1935, Ph.D. 1936) Dissertation title: The structure and development of old-field shortleaf pine stands and certain associated physical properties of the soil. (Ecol. Mon. 8:437-499) Adviser: Henry J. Oosting (C) Comments: Influenced by Stanley A. Cain and Ray C. Friesner as an undergraduate. Teaching…
Lawrence C. Bliss Born: Cleveland, OH 11/29/1929 Education: Kent State Univ. (B.S. 1951); Duke (M.S. 1953, Ph.D. 1956) Dissertation title: A comparison of plant development in microenvironments of arctic and alpine tundras (Ecol. Mon. 26:303-337) Adviser: W. Dwight Billings (C) Teaching history: Bowling Green St. Univ. 1956-57; Illinois 1957-68; Alberta 1968-78; Washington 1978-98. Ph. D. Students: Fakhri Bazzaz ESA offices…
Charles E. Bessey Born: Milton, OH 5/12/1845; died 2/25/1915 Education: Michigan Agric. College [Michigan State Univ.] (B. S. 1869, M. S. 1872); Harvard 1872-73, 75-76; Iowa (Ph.D. 1879); Grinnell (LL.D. 1898) Dissertation title: ? Adviser: Asa Gray? Primary specialty: Plant geography and taxonomy Teaching history: Iowa State 1870-1884; Nebraska 1884-1915 Ph. D. Students: Frederic E. Clements, Roscoe Pound. Others influenced: Conway…
John E. Weaver Born: Villisca, IA 5/5/1884; died 6/8/1966 Education: Nebraska (B. Sc. 1909, M.S. 1911); Minnesota (Ph.D. 1916) Dissertation title: A study of the vegetation of southeastern Washington and adjacent Idaho. (Univ. of Nebraska Studies 17:1-133) Adviser: Frederic E. Clements (D; confirmed by R. Tobey) Teaching history: Washington State 1912-14, Nebraska 1915-52 Ph.D. Students: John M. Aikman, Frederick W….
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