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Alison G. Power Born: 1/28/1953 Education: Alaska (B.S. 1979); Washington (Ph.D. 1985) Dissertation title: Plant community diversity, insect movement, and the dynamics of an insect-transmitted plant disease (Ecology 68:1658-1669) Advisor: Peter M. Kareiva Teaching History: Cornell 1985—present ESA offices and honors: V. P. for Public Affairs 2005-08; President 2008-09; Fellow 2012
Frank A. Pitelka Born: Chicago, IL 3/27/1916; died 10/10/2003 Education: Illinois (B.S. 1939); California (Ph.D. 1946) Dissertation title: Speciation and ecologic distribution in American jays of the genus Aphelocoma Adviser: Alden Miller Comments: Also influenced by Victor Shelford and Charles Kendeigh as an undergraduate. Primary specialty: Zoology Teaching history: California 1946-1985 (became emeritus) Ph.D. students: 37 including Richard B. Root,…
Steward T. A. Pickett Born: Louisville, KY 11/30/1950 Education: Kentucky (B.S.1972); Illinois (Ph.D. 1977) Dissertation title: Organization of an assemblage of early-successional species along a soil moisture gradient Advisor: Fakhri Bazzaz Teaching History: Rutgers 1977-1986; Connecticut (adjunct) 1989-present Others influenced: Scott Collins (post-doc) ESA offices and honors: Vice President 1995-1998; President 2011-2012
William T. Penfound Born: Elyria, OH 11/8/1897; died 8/31/1984 Education: Oberlin Coll. (A.B. 1922); Illinois (A.M. 1924; Ph.D. 1931) Dissertation title: Plant anatomy as conditioned by light intensity and soil moisture (Amer. J. Bot. 18:558-572) Advisor: W. B. McDougall (C) Comments: Also influenced by A. G. Vestal, “my third, and last, Ph.D. chairman”. Teaching history: Tulane 1927-47; Oklahoma 1947-67; Warren…
Robert K. Peet Born: Beloit, WI 2/14/1947 Education: Wisconsin (B.A. 1970; M.S. 1971); Cornell (Ph.D. 1975) Dissertation title: Forest vegetation of the east slope of the Northern Colorado Front Range Advisor: Robert H. Whittaker Comments: Also influenced by Grant Cottam (B. A.) and Orie L. Loucks (M.S.) Teaching History: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1975-present Ph.D.Students: Joan Walker,…
Orlando Park Born: Elizabethtown, KY 10/13/1901; died 9/23/1969 Education: Chicago (B.S. ? Ph.D. 1929) Dissertation title: The measurement of daylight in the Chicago area and its ecological significance Primary specialty: Entomology Ph.D. students: Stanley I. Auerbach ESA offices and honors: Secretary-Treasurer 1936-38; Vice President 1940; President 1943. ESA links: Resolution of Respect External links: Encyclopedia Britannica
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:…
Charles E. Olmsted Born: Holyoke, CO 4/23/1908; died 11/20/1977 Education: Nebraska (A.B. 1929); Oklahoma (M.S. 1931); Yale (Ph.D. 1936) Dissertation title: The vegetation of the North Haven-Wailingford sand plains (Bot. Gaz. 99:209-300) Advisor: George E. Nichols (confirmed by Frank Egler) Comments: Also influenced by John E. Weaver (as undergraduate) and Paul Sears (as undergraduate and Master’s student). Teaching history: Chicago…
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