Clyde Ritchie Bell

News. “The garden is one-of-a-kind; everyone wants to know how we do it.” Dr. Bell retired from the Directorship of the Garden in 1986, but was very active in its…

Henry Ashby Rankin

…son, Samuel Carson, joined his father in running the lumber business. Daughter Douglass “Peggy” Evans Rankin earned a B.A. in biology from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA in 1927,…

Madeline Palmer Burbanck

…92 in Newport News, Virginia on 1 January 2007. She was survived by her children, Melinda and George.   PUBLICATIONS (incomplete list): Burbanck, Madeline P. and Donald L. Phillips. 1983….

Peggy-Ann Wetmore Kessler Duke

…happy hour!). She was an accomplished world traveler. At home, she enjoyed a glass of white wine with her “cousin” Suzie Truss and other close friends, often in the upper…

Carroll Emory Wood, Jr.

…thousand”. After a hiatus serving in the United States Army 695th Armored Field Artillery Battalion in Europe during World War II, he returned to Harvard to earn his Master of…

William Battle Cobb

…for the U.S. Soil Survey from 1913 to 1920, and as a geologist & soil expert for the American Rural Planning Association in Madison, Wisconsin in 1920. W. B. Cobb…

Haru (Francia) Chisaki Hommersand

…and News: Plagiobothrys austinae (Greene) Johnston: A new addition to the Oregon Flora. Madrono 16(3): 108. SOURCES: Macroalgal Herbarium Portal. 2022. https://macroalgae.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on December 21. Obituary: Haru (Francia) Chisaki…

Charles Edward Raynal

…in the 1930’s still grows there today, and many mature trees can be found naturalized in nearby Battle Park.   PUBLICATIONS (incomplete list): Raynal, Charles E (1928) Friend of Man…

Steven Worth Leonard

…Steve Leonard grew up as a kid. We brought those Trillium back in full flower, each one carefully bundled “Al Radford style” in folds of newspaper secured with rubber bands…