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Norman L. Christensen Born: Fresno, CA 12/28/1946 Education: Cal State Fresno (AB 1968, MS 1970); UC Santa Barbara (Ph.D. 1973) Dissertation title: Effects of fire on factors controlling plant growth in Adenostoma chaparral (Science 181:66-68; Ecol. Mon. 45 29-55.) Adviser: Cornelius H. Muller (C) Comments: Strongly influenced by Bert A. Tribbey (CA State Univ, Fresno). Teaching History: Duke 1973-present Ph….
John E. Cantlon Born: Sparks, NV 10/6/1921 Education: Nevada (B.S. 1947), Rutgers (Ph.D. 1950). Dissertation title: Vegetation and microclimates on north and south slopes of Cushetunk Mt., New Jersey (Ecol. Mon. 23:241-270) Adviser: Murray F. Buell (C) Comments: Worked with W. Dwight Billings as undergraduate. Teaching history: George Washington Univ. 1950-53; Michigan State 1954-90 (administration after 1969). Ph. D. Students:…
Stanley A. Cain Born: Jefferson Co. IN 6/19/1902; died 4/1/1995 Education: Butler Univ. (B.S. 1924); Chicago (M.S. 1927, Ph.D. 1930) Dissertation title: An ecological study of the heath balds of the Great Smoky Mountains. (Butler Univ. Bot. Stud. 1:117-208) Adviser: George D. Fuller (C) Comments: Ray C. Friesner introduced him to field ecology at Butler. Henry C. Cowles was adviser…
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…
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