William H. Schlesinger

William H. Schlesinger
Born:  Cleveland, OH 4/30/1950
Education:  Dartmouth (A.B. 1972); Cornell (Ph.D. 1976)
Dissertation title: Biogeochemical limits on two levels of plant community organization in the cypress forest of Okefenokee Swamp
Advisor: Peter L. Marks (C)
Comments: Also influenced by William A. Reiners (undergraduate)
Teaching History:  UC Santa Barbara 1976-80; Duke 1980-2007
Ph.D. students: John T. Gray, Lucy St. Omer, Kate Lajtha, William T. Peterjohn, Anne F. Cross, J. Patrick Megonigal, Anne E. Hartley, Deborah Lawrence, Jeffrey A. Andrews, Andy E. Allen, Jennifer S. Phillips, Matthew Wallenstein, Kirsten Hofmockel.
ESA offices and honors: Vice-President for Finance 1996-2002; President 2003-04; Fellow 2012
ESA links: Presidential bio
External links: Wikipedia