Max Hoyt Hommersand

…Hommersand include Centroceras hommersandii Won, T.O. Cho & Fredericq, Dichotomaria hommersandii S.-L. Liu & Show M. Lin, Gelidium hommersandii A.J.K. Millar & D.W. Freshwater, Gracilariopsis hommersandii Gurgel, Fredericq & J.N….

Francis Joseph LeClair

…“Pearle LeClair,” named for his wife and noted for its large, bright red fruits. This holly is planted in the Coker Arboretum. Stretching from East Franklin Street to the Hinton…

NCBGF Officers and Directors

French, University of North Carolina at Greensboro B.A. Anthropology and French, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Patricia owned and operated an antiques business for 27 years, as well as…

Spreading the Herbarium Gospel

…taxonomy. It would be exciting to find a specimen or two collected by David Augustus Williston when he taught at NC A&T in 1898!   SOURCES: 1. https://www.nps.gov/articles/david-williston-learning-from-leaders.htm accessed on…

Charles Norman Horn

…in Fairfax, Virginia and earned a B. S. in Biology from George Mason University in 1978. He earned a M.S. in Environmental Biology from The Ohio State University in Columbus,…

Madeline Palmer Burbanck

…Dr. Burbanck was born Madeline Palmer in Moorestown, New Jersey. Her parents were Rev. E. W. and Margaret Hopkins Palmer. For her early education, she attended Moorestown Friends School. She…

Paul Sackman Marx

…1979-1980 academic year,” recalls Dr. Paul Gabrielson. “We rented Dirk & Susan Frankenberg’s house while Dirk was doing a stint at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Dirk Frankenberg was a…

Florence Isobel Montgomery Givens

…Biological Technology from the State University of New York at Farmingdale, then attained a BS (bachelor of science) degree in Botany from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1964….

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.      …