Background
Skog, Laurence Edgar was born on April 9, 1943 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Edgar Herman and Magnhild Albertine (Collander) Skog.
Skog, Laurence Edgar was born on April 9, 1943 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Edgar Herman and Magnhild Albertine (Collander) Skog.
1 son, Jeremy Owen. Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1965. Master of Science, U. Connecticut, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1972.
Assistant editor Flora North America program Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1972-1973, associate curator department botany, 1973-1986, curator and research science, 1986, chairman, 1987-1992. Botanical consultant Reed Herbarium, Baltimore, 1973. Adjunct Professor biology George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
Horticultural interchange fellow Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh, 1968-1969.
Visiting research fellow Manchester Museum, England, 1984. Member education committee Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1983-1985, member research advising committee National Tropical Botanical Garden, 1985-1992.
Honorary professor Open Laboratory Institute Botany Chinese Academy Sciences, Beijing. Lecturer in field
Fellow Botanical Society Edinburgh. Member American Institute Biological Science (county 1990), Association.for Tropical Biology (secretary-treasurer 1981-1985), Botanical Society American, Botanical Society.Washington (president 1977-1978), Biological Society Washington, International Organisation Plant Information (member county 1991-1993), International Association for Plant Taxonomy (county 1985), Association Latinoamericana Botanica, Commission Flora Neotropica(board directors 1990, secretary 1993), Flora of Guianas (advisory board 1985), American Society Plant Taxonomists, Flora of China (member editorial board 1990), Washington Biologists Field.
Married Judith Ellen Troop, June 22, 1968.