Henry Chandler Cowles Born: Kensington, CT 2/27/1869; died 9/12/1939 Education: Oberlin Coll. (A.B. 1893); Chicago (Ph.D. 1898) Dissertation title: An ecological study of the sand dune flora of northern Indiana (Bot. Gaz. 27:95-117, 167-202, 281-308, 361-391) Adviser: John M. Coulter (D) Comments: Also influenced by T. C. Chamberlin, geologist. See article by W. S. Cooper, Ecology 16:281-283. Teaching history: Gates…
W. Clark Ashby Born: Duluth, MN 7/6/1922 Education: Chicago (B.D. 1947, Ph. D. 1950); California (1947-49; no degree) Dissertation title: Effects of certain acid growth-regulating substances and their corresponding aldehydes on the growth of roots. (Bot. Gaz. 112: 237-249). Adviser: Poul Larsen (C) Comments: Took courses with and T.A.’d for Charles E. Olmsted while at Chicago. Influenced at California by…
Frederick W. Albertson Born: Hill City, KS 1/1/1892; died 6/8/1961 Education: Ft. Hays, Kansas St. Coll. (B. Sc. 1918); Missouri (A.M. 1930); Nebraska (Ph. D. 1937) Dissertation title: Ecology of mixed prairie in West-Central Kansas (Ecol. Mon. 7:483-547) Adviser: John E. Weaver (D) Teaching history: Ft. Hays St. Coll. 1918-1961 ESA offices and honors: Vice President 1951 ESA links: Resolution…
John M. Aikman Born: Mason City, NE 3/24/1893; died 7/13/1975 Education: Nebraska Wesleyan (A.B. 1917, A.M. 1921; Nebraska (Ph.D. 1928) Dissertation title: Distribution and structure of the forests of eastern Nebraska. (Univ. of Nebr. Studies 26:1-75) Adviser: John E. Weaver (D) Comments: Took a summer course with Henry C. Cowles at Chicago in 1922. Teaching history: Nebr. Wesleyan 1921-27; Iowa…
Robert F. Griggs Born: Brooklyn, CT 8/22/1881, died 6/8/1962 Education: Ohio State (B. Sc, 1903); Minnesota (M.S. 1906); Harvard (Ph.D 1911) Dissertation title: The development and cytology of Rhodochytrium (Bot. Gaz 53:127-173) Adviser: George F. Atkinson (??) (mentioned in dissertation along with others) Teaching history: Fargo (N.D.) Coll. 1903-06, Ohio State 1906-21; George Washington Univ. 1921-47 (ret.)-52, Univ. of Pittsburgh…
Stanley I. Auerbach Born: Chicago, IL 5/21/1921, died 5/1/2004 Education: Illinois (B.S. 1941, M.S. 1947): Northwestern (Ph.D. 1949) Dissertation title: The centipedes of the Chicago area with special reference to their ecology (Ecol. Mon. 21:97-124) Adviser: Orlando Park (C) Comments: Victor E. Shelford was M. S. adviser. Teaching History: Roosevelt Univ. 1950-54; (Oak Ridge Nat’l. Laboratory 1954-?) Ph. D. Students;…
Frank B. Golley Born: Chicago, IL 9/24/1930; died 10/8/2006 Education: Purdue (B.S. 1952); Washington State (M.S. 1954); Michigan State (Ph.D. 1958) Dissertation title: Energy dynamics of a food chain of the old-field community (Ecol. Mon. 30:187-206) Adviser: Don W. Hayne (C) Comments: Also influenced by Alton A. Lindsey as undergraduate, H. Buechner and Rex Daubenmire as a Master’s student, and…
Henry A. Gleason Born: Dalton City, IL 1/2/1882; died 4/21/1975 Education: Illinois (B.S. 1901; M.A. 1904); Columbia (Ph.D. 1906) Dissertation title: A revision of the North American Vernonieae (Bull. N. Y. Bot. Garden 4:144-245) Adviser: Nathaniel L. Britton (confirmed by B. Maguire) Comments: Influenced by Stephen A. Forbes and Thomas J. Burrill while studying and working in Illinois. For more…