James Heathman Horton

…a faculty member in the Biology Department from 1961-1992. In addition to NCU and WCUH, other herbaria which curate specimens collected by Horton include: Appalachian State University (BOON), Arizona State…

Charles Edward Raynal

…live specimens to Coker and his research assistant, Alma Holland Beers, which each planted in their yards in Chapel Hill. The tree planted in Beer’s yard in the Gimghoul neighborhood…

Mary Sue Munson Brehme

…oak baskets and other items used to interpret life in the village. (8, 9) Robert Brehme died in 2016 in Belleair Bluffs, Florida, and was survived by his wife of…

Ernest Gibbes Patton

…and retired from that institution in 1987.1 Patton’s thesis advisor at UCN-Chapel Hill was J. E. Adams, and the title of his Master’s Thesis was “Influence of flax root byproducts…

Ralph Page Ashworth, Jr.

…listed twice in the 1940 census — living in Asheville with his parents and teaching public school in that city, and as a lodger in Mount Gilead, Montgomerty County, North…

James Everard Benedict, Jr.

…15, 1950. Son: James Everard Benedict III, born March 1st, 1915, graduated from University of Alabama engineer school in 1940. Being in the R.O.T.C., he was called in the Army…

Wade Thomas Batson, Jr.

…University. Dr. Batson entered the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1948 he entered Duke University, receiving a M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Botany. Dr. Batson taught botany and…

William Willard Ashe

…of “The Great Depression”, the worst in its history… Institutions as well as people were hard hit, and there was no money to be found for extras. It was during…

Robert Rolland Brinker, O. F. M.

…Illinois State Academy of Science 65: 82-83. 2. SERNEC Data Portal. 2023. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed on September 21. 3. IPNI (2023). International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org, The…

Delzie Demaree

…earned a B.S. in Botany from Indiana University in 1920, then M.S. in botany from Chicago University in 1921. He completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1932, and the…