Egbert Hamilton Walker

(12 June 1899 – 10 March 1991)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 90 vascular plant specimens collected or co-collected by Egbert Hamilton Walker,…

Ivey Foreman Lewis

…Virginia’s political culture with the large number of university graduates in the state assembly, elites schooled in eugenics had a distinct advantage in affecting social policy. Thus, Virginia and its…

Harry E. Ahles

…ca. 1950, “On dividing road of Indiana and Illinois, Kankakee, background in Indiana” Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,…

Mary Eugenia Wharton

…a couple of brief teaching jobs she acquired a position at Georgetown College [in Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky]. There she taught classes for almost 30 years and became head of…

Ken E. Rogers

…Mississippi Herbarium (USMS) in 1968. “Dr. Rogers had a keen eye for plants and was a prolific collector. He helped convince the administration of the importance of the Ragland Hills…

Albion Reed Hodgdon

…Galapagos Islands. He had a particular interest in the taxonomy of Rubus and the floristics and phytogeography of coastal Maine and eastern Canada. Dr. Hodgdon oversaw the integration of several…

Robert M. Downs

…Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. 5. tributesNH; Publication Place: City, New Hampshire, USA; URL: http://www.shellyfuneralhomes.com/book-of-memories/2706151/Learn-Betty/service-details.php. Ancestry.com. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT,…