Background
He was born in Holland, Michigan.
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Henry Oosting
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Oosting attended Michigan State University, where he received the Master of Surgery degree in 1927, then studied with West.S. Cooper at the University of Minnesota, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy in Botany in 1931, among other notable Cooper students including Murray Fife Buell, Rexford Daubenmire, and Frank Edwin Egler.
Career
In 1932, Oosting began his career at Duke University as ecologist in the Department of Botany. Oosting continued teaching and research at Duke until his retirement, after which research was his focus until his death in 1968. Among his notable students are West.D. Billings and F. Herbert Bormann.
His influence on his field and the respect in which he was held by colleagues are apparent in several memorials.
Duke University established " Oosting Fellows," an honor given to Doctor of Philosophy candidates, as well as an "Oosting Memorial Lecture." Doctor Chris Field, Director of the Carnegie Department of Global Ecology and Professor of Biology and Earth System Science, delivered the 40th Oosting Memorial Lecture in April 2011. The Oosting Natural Area was established in Orange County, North Carolina, in his honor, and is considered to have regional significance.
1927-1932 Botany instructor, Michigan State University 1932-1968 Botany professor, Duke University 1955 President of Ecological Society of America.
