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…

Peggy-Ann Wetmore Kessler Duke

…Connor. 2021. Remembering Peggy-Ann Wetmore Kessler Duke. HerbalEGram, issue 9. https://www.herbalgram.org/resources/herbalegram/volumes/volume-18/issue-9-september-2021/news-and-features-1/peggy-duke-obituary/ accessed on 26 July 2022 3. Obituary, Peggy-Ann Kessler Duke. https://www.goinghomecares.com/obituaries/Peggy-Ann-Kessler-Duke?obId=20619090 accessed on 26 July 2022.      …

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,…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…was published in the News and Observer on 30 August, 2020: Chapel Hill, NC: Miriam Kresses Slifkin lived her life with grit and determination. She was cherished by her family,…

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…

Francis Stuart Chapman

…The 1930 US census has Stuart Chapman still living in Winston-Salem, but now his occupation is listed as “Proprietor, News Dealer; Industry: Newspaper Stand.” (9) Chapman collected only sporadically in…

NEWSFLASH: Chip Cherry Update

The January, 2021 issue of the NCBG e-newsletter had an article about a fungus new to North Carolina, Leratiomyces ceres, or “Chip Cherry.” Herbarium Associate Dr. Van Cotter has gone…