{"id":3695,"date":"2015-07-15T04:37:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T04:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2015-07-15T04:37:47","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T04:37:47","slug":"sears-p-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/2015\/07\/sears-p-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul B. Sears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul B. Sears<\/strong>
\nBorn:<\/span> Bucyrus, OH 12\/17\/1891; died 4\/30\/1990
\nEducation:<\/span> Ohio Wesleyan (B.S. 1913); Nebraska (M.A. 1915); Chicago (Ph.D. 1922)
\nDissertation title:<\/span> Variations in cytology and gross morphology of <\/em>Taraxacum (Bot. Gaz. 73:308-325, 425-446)
\nAdvisor:<\/span> C. J. Chamberlain<\/a> (C)
\nComments:<\/span> Also influenced by E. N. Transeau<\/a> (while teaching at Ohio State), Charles E. Bessey<\/a> (Master\u2019s advisor at Nebraska), and H. C. Cowles<\/a> (at Chicago).
\nTeaching history:<\/span> Ohio State 1915-1919; Nebraska 1919-1927; Oklahoma 1927-38; Oberlin Coll. 1938-50; Yale 1950-60
\nOthers influenced:<\/span> Charles E. Olmsted<\/a> (undergraduate and M. S.), Aaron J. Sharp<\/a> (M.S.)
\nESA offices and honors:<\/span> Vice President 1943, 1947; President 1948; Eminent Ecologist 1965.
\nESA links:<\/span> Eminent Ecologist<\/a>
\nArchived Papers:<\/span> Paul Bigelow Sears Papers at Yale<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Paul Bigelow Sears Collections, 1832-1969. University of Arizona Libraries, Tucson AZ. Correspondence, manuscripts, grant proposals, reports, photographs, subject files, field notes, pollen samples and data relating to desert ecology which document Paul Sears\u2019 career as a botanist, ecologist and educator. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence between Sears and other researchers | Other archival collections mentioning Sears as author or correspondent: Adolph Waller Papers<\/a> and Alfred A Knopf, Inc. Papers<\/a>
\nExternal links:<\/span> Smith bios<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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