Institute of Ecology records, Edward Deevey interview, 1984 December 8

Summary

Creator:

Deevey, Edward

Date:

1984 December 8

Extent:

1 interview(s) (54.0 minutes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Institute of Ecology records, Edward Deevey interview, UA97-066_0006, University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Edward Deevey discusses the Institute of Ecology, including its origins, its approaches to research, its relationship with colleges and universities, its structural and funding challenges, and its demise.

Biographical / historical:

Edward S. Deevey, Jr. was born in Albany, New York on December 3, 1914. He attended Yale University earning his B.A. in 1934, and his Ph.D. in zoology in 1938. He was a Killam Professor of Biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as the President of the Ecological Society of America from 1969-1970. In 1982, Deevey received the Eminent Ecologist Award from the ESA, and was elected into the National Academy of Sciences in 1981.

Related

Related material:

Institute of Ecology records, UA97-066 and the Ecological Society of America records, UA97-061

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Oral histories (document genres)

Names:

U.S. International Biological Program
Ecological Society of America
Institute of Ecology
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Deevey, Edward

Terms of access:

Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use).

Preferred citation:

Institute of Ecology records, Edward Deevey interview, UA97-066_0006, University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.