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Collectors of the UNC Herbarium
John Frederick Reed
(1911-1997)
Information compiled by Carol Ann McCormick (August
2005)
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University of North Carolina Herbarium has catalogued about two
dozen specimens collected by John F. Reed. All were collected
between 1933 and 1935, and most were co-collected with his first
spouse, Mildred Gant Stites Reed. Most specimens in the NCU collection
came as a gift from the Jesup Herbarium of Dartmouth College in
2002.
John Reed was born 18 November 1911 in
Rockport Maine. He received his undergraduate degree in biology
from Dartmouth College (1933).
His M.A. thesis at Duke University (1935)
was entitled “The relationship of leaf structure of mesophytic
forest trees to certain environmental factors,” and his
Ph.D. thesis, also at Duke University (1936), was entitled “Root
and shoot grown of shortleaf and loblolly pines in relation to
certain environmental conditions.” |
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He held faculty positions at Amarillo
Junior College (Amarillo, Texas), Baldwin Wallace College (Berea,
Ohio), and the University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming).
John Reed was a university administrator
at the University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) and
Fort Lewis College (Durango, Colorado). The library at Fort
Lewis College is named in his honor.
He ended his career at the University
of Wisconsin (Green Bay, Wisconsin). He was very active in the
Ecological Society of America and on numerous United States
government scientific policy boards.
He died in Durango, Colorado on 4 December
1997. He is survived by his spouse, Beatrice, and sons John,
Robert, and James.
Sources:
Lawrence Bliss (1999) Resolution
of Respect: John F. Reed (1911 – 1997). Bulletin of
the Ecological Society of America).
  
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Herbarium
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Last Updated: 26 August
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