Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 1911 – 28 April 1998) was an American botanist, professor at Harvard University and one of the founders of both the International Association for Plant Taxonomy[2] and the Organization for Tropical Studies.[3] He was also the second president of each of them.[2][4]
Reed Clark Rollins | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 7, 1911 |
| Died | April 28, 1998 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wyoming Harvard University[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Botanist, Professor |
Sources
edit- Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. "Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 1911 – 28 April 1998)" Taxon 48(2): pp. 225–56
- Campbell, Christopher S. and Greene, Craig W. (1988) "A Tribute to Reed Clark Rollins, Recipient of the 1987 Asa Gray Award" Systematic Botany 13(1): pp. 170–171
References
edit- ^ "We've moved".
- ^ a b Cowan, R. S. and Stafleu, F. A. (1982) "The origin and early history of IAPT" Taxon 31(3): pp. 415–420
- ^ Stone, Donald E. (1988) "The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS): A Success Story in Graduate Training and Research" in Almeda, Frank and Pringle, Catherine M. (1988) Tropical Rainforests: Diversity and Conservation California Academy of Sciences and Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, California, pp. 143–187, p. 152 ISBN 0-940228-19-X, accessed 6 April 2009
- ^ "Organization for Tropical Studies - The Rogues Gallery of Presidents", accessed 6 April 2009
- Botanist designation
External links
edit- Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. (1999) "Reed Clark Rollins", Biographical Memoir at National Academy Press
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