NCBGF Officers and Directors

Board of Directors OFFICERS Carol Tresolini, President Ph.D. Adult and Higher Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill M.Ed. Special Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill B.A….

Jenny Elder Fitch Memorial Lectures

…gardener or horticulturist, landscape designer, garden researcher, and conservation garden focused professionals to Chapel Hill each year since 1999 to present the Jenny Fitch lecture.   Coming this fall: What…

William Wirt Calkins

…William Wirt. 1895. The history of the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, War of the Rebellion 1862-1865. Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry. pp. 433-4.      …

Ellsworth Bethel

…Biology, University of New Mexico; Alexandra Sharp, Information Services Librarian, Tennessee Wesleyan University; and, Alan Zahorsky, Reference & Instruction Librarian, University of Mount Union for research assistance.      …

Digging into the Science

Want a chance to dig deeper into the science done by the botanists, mycologists, and phycologists of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU)? Here’s a round-up…

Charles Fuller Baker

…it is likely that more specimens collected by Baker will be found.   Essig, E. O. 1927. Obituary: CHARLES FULLER BAKER. Journal of Economic Entomology 20(5): 748-754. Charles Fuller Baker,…

Earl Henry Hall

…H. (1933) Notes from ten years of bird study at Greensboro, North Carolina. Journ. Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 49(1): 113-118.   SOURCES 1. “Earl Henry Hall” Find A Grave Memorial…

Helen Shedd Sherwin

(4 August 1921 – 23 November 1990 ) Helen Shedd Sherwin was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to Edith Sherwin nee Dodson and Melvin Ernest Sherwin. Her father was a…

Richard J. LeBlond

(b. 19 July 1941) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has accessioned over 1,100 specimens collected by Richard J. LeBlond and it continues to be the…

Charles Ronald Dillon

…Carolina estuary. Masters thesis, Dept. of Botany, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   SOURCES: 1. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/greenvilleonline/name/charles-dillon-obituary?id=8767476 accessed on 28 May, 2023 2. SERNEC Data Portal. 2023. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed…