{"id":1233,"date":"2014-01-18T19:47:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T19:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history2\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2014-01-18T19:47:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T19:47:56","slug":"eminent-ecologists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/2014\/01\/eminent-ecologists\/","title":{"rendered":"All about Eminent Ecologists on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy our Twitter series on Eminent Ecologists without signing up for Twitter! If you do have a Twitter account, be sure to follow us @ESAhistory, and check here to make sure you didn\u2019t miss anything in this set. For more of our posts on Twitter, see <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/romping-through-the-records\/\">Romping through the Records<\/a>.<br>\nYou can see the full list of honorees on our <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/eminent-ecologist-award\/\">Eminent Ecologist Award<\/a> page, or check it out on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eminent_Ecologist_Award\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>, to see which Eminents still need Wikipedia pages.<!--more--><\/p>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li>1992 #EminentEcologist Frank Pitelka \u201ctrained virtually the entire branch of behavioral ecology\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/11\/03\/us\/frank-a-pitelka-87-zoologist-and-behavioral-ecology-expert.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NY Times obituary<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avibushistoriae.com\/Pitelka_1916%E2%80%932003.jpg\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>#EminentEcologist Nelson Hairston was also @RELenski\u2019s advisor, per <a href=\"\/\/telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com\/tag\/nelson-hairston\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>1991 #EminentEcologist Nelson Hairston connected disease prevention &amp; ecology. Landed him a position advising the WHO. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/EEB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hairston_obit.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His obituary here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>1991 #EminentEcologist <a href=\"http:\/\/people.wku.edu\/charles.smith\/chronob\/BILL1910.htm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dwight Billings<\/a> discovered a great deal about plant ecophysiology by working in severe surroundings.<\/li>\n<li>1988, 1991, and 1995 all had 2 #EminentEcologists. Usually only one award is given each year.<\/li>\n<li>1990 #Eminent Ecologist William Edwin Ricker has a writeup in Sports Illustrated because of <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/vault\/article\/magazine\/MAG1122833\/1\/index.htm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">applications of his research<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Despite being pretty famous &amp; really important, 1990 #EminentEcologist William Ricker doesn\u2019t have a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=William_Edwin_Ricker&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Great scientists change their minds thru argument and lots of data. 1989 #EminentEcologist George Williams was a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_C._Williams\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great example of this<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>2 #EminentEcologists in 1988, Herbert Andrewartha and Charles Birch, wrote a book together on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ecological-Web-Distribution-Abundance-Animals\/dp\/0226020347\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animal distributions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>1987 #EminentEcologist Archie Carr loved turtles and was an <a href=\"http:\/\/accstr.ufl.edu\/accstr-overview\/our-history\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">important figure in their conservation<\/a>. His <a href=\"http:\/\/accstr.ufl.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/archie-carr.jpg\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1986 #EminentEcologist Chris Pielou invented mathematical ecology and writes natural hist. And she\u2019s an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openpassageexpedition.com\/team_members.htm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arctic explorer<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>1985 #EminentEcologist Connell introd\u2019d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/content\/199\/4335\/1302\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis<\/a>; now called a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/trends\/ecology-evolution\/\/retrieve\/pii\/S0169534712002091?_returnURL=http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0169534712002091?showall=true\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zombie idea<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>1984 #EminentEcologist John L. Harper did some early eco-evo work. That and some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/discover\/10.2307\/2257876?uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21103254574141\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delightful writing here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>1983 #EminentEcologist Tommy Edmondson named a rotifer after a high school teacher &amp; hung out in Hutchinson\u2019s lab in HS; <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/obits\/Edmondson_WT.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obituary here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>1982 #EminentEcologist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nap.edu\/html\/biomems\/edeevey.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edward Smith Deevey, Jr.<\/a> left one of his jobs because it made him feel like God.<\/li>\n<li>Whittaker studied under two other #EminentEcologists, Shelford and Kendeigh. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasonline.org\/publications\/biographical-memoirs\/memoir-pdfs\/whittaker-robert-h.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great bio<\/a> by @NAS_news<\/li>\n<li>1981 #EminentEcologist Robert H. Whittaker shot down some of Fredric Clements ideas \u2013 one of founding members of @ESA_org<\/li>\n<li>1980 #EminentEcologist D.W.Tinkle discovered and shared a great deal about reptiles <a href=\"http:\/\/um2017.org\/faculty-history\/faculty\/donald-w-tinkle\/memorial-0\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before his tragically early death<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cyou can\u2019t live a day without diatoms,\u201d Ruth Patrick, 1972 #eminentecologist, cited in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esajournals.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1890\/0012-9623-95.1.11\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resol\u2019n of Respect<\/a>, Jan 2014 ESA Bull.<\/li>\n<li>1979 #EminentEcologist Daubenmire intro\u2019d influential land classification strategy of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ualberta.ca\/~place\/Daubenmire%201966.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">habitat types<\/a>\u201d adopted by @USFS<\/li>\n<li>Want to know what an #EminentEcologist \u2018s undergrad lab notes from the 1920s look like? Kendaigh\u2019s are <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/archon\/?p=collections\/controlcard&amp;id=2397\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the archives<\/a> @Illinois_Alma<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.wku.edu\/charles.smith\/chronob\/KEND1904.htm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Kendaigh<\/a> received #EminentEcologist award in 1978 \u2013 10 years after his PhD advisor Victor Shelford did, too.<\/li>\n<li>1977 #EminentEcologist Walter McDougall was writing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca\/stable\/20166135\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about forest mycorrhizae<\/a> back in 1914 Also worked @MuseumofNAZ<\/li>\n<li>1976 #eminentecologist Alton Lindsey wrote ecological limericks under the pen name Windan Waters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1999\/12\/23\/us\/alton-a-lindsey-92-dies-ecologist-left-global-imprint.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obit at New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1976 #eminentecologist Alton Lindsey was biologist on Byrd\u2019s 1930s Antarctic expedition. Got some <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/HQZ81\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">islands named after him<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Patrick, 1972 #eminentecologist, died today at age 105 <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/23BKUX\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obit at Washington Post<\/a> [23 Sept 2013]<\/li>\n<li>Neil [Cornelius] Muller collected a lot of specimens while advancing oak systematics. <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/n3ToD\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See some of them here<\/a>. 1975 #eminentecologist<\/li>\n<li>E.O. Wilson and Hutchinson (his PhD advisor) reflect on <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/mX7as\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacArthur\u2019s contributions to ecology<\/a> [pdf] #eminentecologist<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/mX6v6\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Patrick Principle<\/a>: diversity is a measure of environmental health. Named after 1972 #eminentecologist Ruth Patrick.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Park helped move ecology from obs to experiments. Taught math for a bit @UCBerkeley, too! <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/mX69k\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obit at New York Times<\/a> 1971 #eminentecologist<\/li>\n<li>Murray Buell was an incredible mentor and pioneer in considering land use <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/mX5PH\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Obit at ESA<\/a> [pdf] 1971 #eminentecologist<\/li>\n<li>Victor E. Shelford, #eminentecologist and first @ESA_org president, got married the day after he finished PhD on beetles &amp; succssn @UChicago [<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/archon\/index.php?p=collections\/controlcard&amp;id=3617\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His papers are at Univ Chicago<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>A.E. Emerson\u2019s letters &amp; grant proposals @ Univ of Chicago Termite expert <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/i9myt\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">almost became a musician<\/a> #eminentecologist<\/li>\n<li>Excellent guide to 1966 #eminentecologist <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/i4fWF\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfred Redfield\u2019s papers<\/a> @WHOImedia, including letters about an alleged murderer<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBut so far as possible, inference must be checked by direct evidence in the form of organic remains whose sequence and identity can be verified. In this connection <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/i21sC\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pollen preserved in peat<\/a> and related deposits is especially useful\u201d 1965 #eminentecologist Paul Sears writing in 1935 in <em>The Botanical Review<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Lee Raymond Dice, 1964 #eminentecologist, took a <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/i07YW\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1000 mi trip down the Kuskokwim Rive<\/a>r in a tiny boat in 1912<\/li>\n<li>1963 #eminentecologist [W.S.] Cooper asked President Coolidge to protect Glacier Bay. <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hZ0Oq\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great picture of him revisiting the bay<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A delightful paper on a fundamental ecological question by 1962 #eminentecologist G.E. Hutchinson: <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hYkDx\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homage to Santa Rosalia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charles Elton, <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hW2uy\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founder of invasion ecology<\/a>\u2014perhaps unsurprising given his nationality? 1st non-US #eminentecologist, 1961<\/li>\n<li>Walter Cottam was a co-founder of the Nature Conservatory &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hW25p\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started the Red Butte Garden<\/a> 1960 #eminentecologist<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Sampson was a lifesaving applied ecologist who set up an early <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hW0gI\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long term field experiment<\/a> 1958 #eminentecologist<\/li>\n<li>Karl Schmidt, herpetologist &amp; @ESA_org\u2019s 4th #eminentecologist (1957), was killed by <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hVZYw\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boomslang bite<\/a> while working @FieldMuseum<\/li>\n<li>George Burton Rigg 3rd #eminentecologist. Online info scarce, but found his <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hTJts\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book about soil toxins<\/a> Know more? More about 1956 #eminentecologist Rigg in the <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hTJAI\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ESA_org Bulletin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gleason named \u201cDistinguished Ecologist\u201d a yr before @ESA_org started #eminentecologist award. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hTJ05\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1930s paper<\/a>; see also <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hW1eH\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some of the plants collected by Gleason<\/a> on trips to Puerto Rico and South America #eminentecologist<\/li>\n<li>Albert Wright was 2nd @ESA_org #eminentecologist in 1955. <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hTHpR\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cornell has his papers<\/a> \u2013 I\u2019d love to read his letters #getscanning<\/li>\n<li>Henry Shoemaker Conard was @ESA_org\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hTGrT\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first Eminent Ecologist<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hTGMp\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">botanical illustrator<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ruth Patrick, @ESA_org \u2018s first woman Eminent Ecologist, <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hTGkk\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worked 10 years w\/ no pay<\/a> at the Academy of Natural Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In related tweets, we found this one; not ours, but thought-provoking:<br>\n@algaebarnacle: Things I\u2019ve noticed about women in ecology: only <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eminent_Ecologist_Award\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 female winners of ESA\u2019s Eminent Ecologist Award<\/a> since 1953<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy our Twitter series on Eminent Ecologists without signing up for Twitter! If you do have a Twitter account, be sure to follow us @ESAhistory, and check here to make sure you didn\u2019t miss anything in this set. For more of our posts on Twitter, see Romping through the Records. You can see the full list of honorees on our&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,171],"tags":[39,64],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-social","tag-awards","tag-eminent-ecologist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}