Alan Stuart Weakley

Background

Weakley, Alan Stuart was born on February 19, 1957 in Mongomery County, Maryland, United States. Son of William Vanner and Jean Antoinette (Hensley) Weakley.

Education

Bachelor in Botany & Comparative Literature (with highest honors), University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1978. Attended graduate school in the Botany Department, Duke University, 1980—1984.

Career

With Coastal Zone Resources, Inc., Wilmington, North Carolina, 1978—1980. Various positions including botanist, ecologist, assistant coordinator & acting coordinator North Carolina Natural Heritage Progressive, North Carolina Department Natural Resources & Community Development, North Carolina Division Parks & Recreation, Department Environmental & Natural Resources, 1984—1994. Senior regional ecologist, deputy chief ecologist & chief ecologist The Nature Conservancy, 1994—1999.

Chief ecologist NatureServe (originally called Association for Biodiversity Information), 2000—2002. Curator University North Carolina Herbarium, Department North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, since 2003.

Achievements

• Alan Stuart Weakley has been listed as a noteworthy curator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society, Sigma Xi Honorary Scientific Society.

Connections

Married Allison Elizabeth Schwarz. Children: Rhiannon Leila Fay, Vanner Waldron.

Father:

William Vanner Weakley

Mother:

Jean Antoinette (Hensley) Weakley

Spouse:

Allison Elizabeth Schwarz

child:

Rhiannon Leila Fay Weakley

child:

Vanner Waldron Weakley