Samuel McCutchen Bain

…would take care of itself. As he had never had a teacher of Botany himself, he developed his own peculiar methods of presenting the subject. Through his wide study and…

Therapeutic Horticulture History and Staff

…surrounding communities have benefited from the dedicated leadership of several passionate program managers: Judy Carrier: 1978-1984 Bibby Moore: 1984-1992 Nancy Easterling: 1992-2009 Sally Haskett: 2009- 2021 Emilee Weaver: 2022-present Read

Work from Home Work-Study Students

When Carolina shifted to all on-line classes at the end of Spring Break due to Covid-2019, we faced the challenge of how to keep our loyal and hard-working Work-Study Students…

Floras

…U.S. In 2015, the UNC Carolina Apps Program teamed up with NCU Herbarium and NCBG staff to develop the iPhone/iPad application FloraQuest. This app allowed for mobile identification of over…

Clifford R. Parks

…The title of his Ph.D. dissertation was “Floral pigmentation studies in the genus Gossypium” and his thesis advisor was Dr. Stanley George Stephens. In addition to studying Gossypium at North…

Frederick Gustav Meyer

…He had Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Meyer was considered one of the nation’s best taxonomists in identifying cultivated plants, and he researched plants around the world. His main interest was in…

Michel Georges Desire Lelong

…1966 Lelong was among 35 “New Fulltime Faculty Members” of the University of South Alabama. His salary as an Assistant Professor of Biology was $7,000-$7,500, with a note that beginning…

Willard Webster Eggleston

…on 28 March 1863 in Vermont to Mary Elizabeth Squier (1833 – ?) and Romaine James Eggleston (1836-1925), a farmer. “Willie” had at least three siblings: Clara E. (b. ca….

Budd Elmon Smith

…Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010. 4. http://www.wingate.edu/documents/wu-history.pdf accessed on 8 June 2012. 5. Hastings, Robert J. (December 7, 1985) An interview with Ethel K. Smith. Biblical Recorder, December 7, 1985….