Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…investigate UNC’s discriminatory practices in wages, hiring and admission. This investigation resulted in positive changes for female students, faculty and employees. In 1980 she was inducted into the Order of…

Lewis Henry Lighthipe

…Garden, named Phlox lighthipei in honor of Rev. Lighthipe. This wildflower is found in pinelands of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. There is a single record of Phlox lighthipei from…

Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler

…bryophytes BPI: United States Department of Agriculture: fungi CUP: Cornell University: fungi DUKE: bryophytes F: Field Museum: fungi, bryophytes, algae FLAS: University of Florida: fungi, pteridophytes, bryophytes, lichens ISC: Iowa…

Paul Otto Schallert

…degrees.4 Schallert was an Externe at St. Mary’s of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago, Illinois from 1903 to 1904, and an intern at Playfair Maternity Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 1904….

George Shuford Ramseur

…Flora of the Carolinas by Radford, Ahles & Bell in 1968. In the spring of 1957, Ramseur collected with NCU Curator Harry E. Ahles for “Flora of the Carolinas” in…

Maeburn Bruce Huneycutt

…Thomas M. Pullen Herbarium: History. http://www.herbarium.olemiss.edu/history.html accessed on 20 November 2013. Find a Grave Memorial # 42089897 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42089897 accessed on 20 November 2013. Information for Alumni Directory, 1970. Huneycutt, Maeburn…

Emma Lewis Lipps

…for more than forty year. Photo courtesy of Find A Grave, Memorial ID 91332052. “Emma Lewis Lipps was born in Alexandria, Virginia on February 8, 1919 and died in Rome,…

New Species of Foamflower

…home using its Latin name, which means “little crown.” Others would call it “foamflower.” It’s easy to recognize and a beautiful plant growing in beautiful places. Perhaps fewer know that…