Background
Wetzel, Cherie Lalaine Rivers was born on June 20, 1930 in Lewiston, Idaho, United States. Daughter of Edwin Bagnal and Mary Elizabeth (Rose) Rivers.
Wetzel, Cherie Lalaine Rivers was born on June 20, 1930 in Lewiston, Idaho, United States. Daughter of Edwin Bagnal and Mary Elizabeth (Rose) Rivers.
Associate of Arts, Chabot College, 1966; Bachelor in Biology, Stanford University, 1968; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University of California, Berkeley, 1979.
Assistant curator Dudley Herbarium, Stanford (California) U., 1968-1970; instructor California flora, University of California, Berkeley, summer 1977; visiting associate professor botany, biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1977-1985; instructor general biology, ecology, microbiology, Chabot College, Hayward, California, 1970-1971, 74-77; instructor botany, field ecology, biology, San Francisco City College, since 1977; department chairman biological science, San Francisco City College, 1980-1984. Participant various professional meetings. Invited speaker XIV International Botanical Conference, Berlin, 1987.
Trustee Strybing Arboretum Society of Golden Gate Park, also member plant collections committee, botanical publications, library committee. Board directors Pacific Horticulture Foundation. Fellow California Academy of Sciences (honorary).
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Cell Biology, Botanical Society of America, California Botanical Society, California Native Plant Society, Electron Microscope Society of America, American Friends of University California Botanical Garden, Northern California Electron Microscope Society, Friends of Jepson Herbarium, Sigma Xi.
Married Herbert Don Wetzel, July 3, 1948. Children: Margaret Elizabeth, Don Louis.