1971 in the FSU Biological Science History project
A 14 July 1971 article in the Florida Flambeau describes students' part-time jobs and features two in Biological Science. Jack Neely, of Damascus, Virginia, "gets paid for skinning, sewing and stuffing specimens for collection purposes and use in ornithology courses. Neely's subjects include cranes, egrets, redbirds and sparrows as well as bats, squirrels, rats and mice." "I've hunted, trapped and fished all my life, so this ornithology lab job is a natural for me," says Neely. Also featured is Cynthia Brown of Boca Grande, who "works in the herbarium on campus, where she is 'sort of a girl Friday' as a research assistant to a doctoral student." "I love my job," she exclaims, "I'm learning to do a lot of different things such as mounting plants, examing pollen and running slide samples through an electron microscope."
Administration
Faculty roster
Arrivals
Departures
Awards to faculty, students, staff
Publications
Obituaries
Administration
Chair (acting): Theodore P. Williams
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies:
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies:
Arrivals
- new Assistant Professors John S. Elam and Kurt G. Hofer
- new faculty member Paul R. Elliott, who joined the department as director of the newly inaugurated Program in Medical Science (PIMS)
- new Assistant Professor Bred Badakhsh, in the Program in Medical Science
Departures
Awards
Faculty Awards
- Professor Lloyd M. Beidler received FSU's Distinguished Professor Award (later renamed the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professorship). He was the first member of the department to receive this honor (which was first presented in 1957) and the only one until 1983.
- Assistant Professor Daniel Simberloff received the Mercer Award of the Ecological Society of America (shared with E. O. Wilson).
Student Awards
Staff Awards
Obituaries
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