Background
Lamoureux, Charles Harrington was born on September 14, 1933 in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Emile and Cora May (Harrington) Lamoureux.
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Charles Harrington Lamoureux
Edit ProfileBotanist arboretum administrator
Education
Bachelor of Science in Botany, U. Rhode Island, 1953; Master of Science in Botany, U. Hawaii, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University of California, Davis, 1961.
Career
From assistant to associate professor botany, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1959-1971;
professor, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1971;
chair department botany, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1962-1965, 76-78;
acting associate dean curriculum college arts and science, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1976-1977, 83;
project coordinator instrumental assistance unit, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1977-1979;
associate dean academic affairs college arts and science, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1985-1991;
director, Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1992. Research associate botany Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, since 1963. Visiting assistant professor botany U. B.C., Canada, summer 1963.
Visiting colleague department botany Canterbury U., Christchurch, New Zealand, 1965-1966. Member science advising committee Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden (name changed to National Tropical Bot.Garden), 1967-1994. Director summer institute science amd mathematics teachers United States children Far East National Science Foundation, Chofu, Japan, 1968-1971, reviewer, member various review panels.
Faculty member center Pacific islands studies U. Hawaii, since 1971. Guest science National Biological Institute Indonesia, Bogor, 1972-1973, 79-80. Member of advisory committee plants and animals quarantine branch Hawaii State Department Agriculture, 1973-1979, 89-.
Study lecturer/leader Smithsonian Associations Study Tours S.E. Asia, 1985, 86, 88-97, Melanesia, 1987. Researcher in field; botanical and ecological consultant to various businesses and agys. including State Hawaii Department Business and Economics Development, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, United Nations Development Programme.
Achievements
Membership
Active Hawaiian Botanical Gardens Foundation, 1959-1967, 1st vice president. Life member Conservation Council Hawaii, since 1959, state board directors, member committee flora conservation, Hawaiian Botanical Society, since 1959, trustee endowment fund, past president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, newsletter editor. Board directors Hawaii Museum Association, since 1996.
Board directors Friends Honolulu Botanical Garden, since 1992, trustee National Center for Plant Conservation, since 1996. Member Botanical Society American, American Association Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, Hawaiian Academy Science (councillor 1991-1993, president-elect 1993, president 1994-1995), Pacific Science Association (life, standing committee botany since 1971), International Association Plant Taxonomists, International Association Wood Anatomists.
Interests
Connections
Married Florence May Kettelle, Aug.28, 1954. Children: Mark Harrington, Anne Maile.
