Background
Schofield,, Edmund Acton was born on November 26, 1938 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edmund Acton and Phyllis Louise (Parslow) Schofield.
academic administrator Botanist conservationist writer
Schofield,, Edmund Acton was born on November 26, 1938 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edmund Acton and Phyllis Louise (Parslow) Schofield.
Bachelor in Biology, Clark University, 1962. Master of Arts in Biology, Clark University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, Ohio State University, 1972.
Science editor Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1965—1967. Postdoctoral research fellow California Institute of Technology, 1972—1973. Ecologist Ohio Department Natural Resources, Columbus, 1973—1976.
Director research Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1976—1977. Staff scientist Institute Ecology, Indianapolis, 1977—1980. Associate editor Horticulture Magazine, Boston, 1982—1985.
Editor Arnold Arboretum Harvard University, 1986—1988. Various positions Worcester, 1989—2002. Director education Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, 2002—2007.
Scholar-in-residence American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, 2008—2009. Plant ecologist Clark University, United States Antarctic Research Program Hallett and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 1963-1964, Ohio State University, United States Antarctic Research Program McMurdo Station, 1967-1969, International Biological Program, Barrow and Prudhoe, Alaska, 1971, California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, International Biological Program, 1973. With United States Naval Reserve, 1956-1962.
President Thoreau Country Conservation Alliance, 1992—1995, Walden Forever Wild, 1993—1995, Friends of Thoreau Country, from 2007. Member Worcester History Commission, Massachusetts, 1999—2003. Docent Preservation Worcester, from 1999.
Board member Friends of Hope Cemetery, from 2007. Tutor Literary Volumes Worchester, from 2008. Member of Thoreau Society (president 1990-1992), Hanover Theatre for Performing ARts (volunteer educational tour guide since 2008), Worcester History Museum, Worcester County Poetry Association, Friends of Thoreau Country (president since 2007), English Lunch Club, Boston, Worcester History Group, Worcester County Horticultural Society.
Married Eileen Kathryn Carroll (divorced October 1972).