John White Chickering, Jr.

…he was an active member for many years: Prof. J. W. Chickering, jun., and Prof. J.C. Gordon of the National deaf-mute college [Gallaudet College], Washington, read papers upon the condition…

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…

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…

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….

Wendell P. Smith

…Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Department…

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….

Albert Commons

…is likely additional specimens will be found. NCU’s vascular plants can be searched at www.sernecportal.org NCU curates only about 40 fungal specimens collected by Commons, and most of these were…

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…

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.,…