Background
White, Peter Sherwood was born on February 17, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Courtland Yardley III and Helen (Schloss) White.
White, Peter Sherwood was born on February 17, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Courtland Yardley III and Helen (Schloss) White.
Bachelor, Bennington College, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Dartmouth College, 1976.
Assistant professor department biological science, Dartmouth College, 1976-1977;
postdoctoral fellow, Missouri Botanical Garden, 1977-1978;
research biologist Uplands Field Research Laboratory, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1978-1986;
acting research coordinator, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1981-1982;
leader cooperative park studies unit, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1985-1986;
director North Carolina Botanical Garden, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1986;
associate professor department biology and curriculum in ecology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1986. Adjunct Professor graduate program in ecology U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1980. RogerE. Wilson lecturer Miami University, Ohio, 1984.
Vice chairman vegetation section Ecology Society American, 1983-1985. Board directors Highlands Biological Station. Science advising committee Tennessee Natural Heritage Program, 1980-1986.
Member plant conservation board North Carolina Department Agriculture, since 1986. National catalog steering committee National Pk. Svc.,1982-1985, advisory panel on ecological inventory and monitoring, 1988-1991.
Participant numerous workshops, symposia, and review panels.
Married Carolyn Hervey. Children: Sarah Linnaea Hickler, Matthew Trillium Hanlin.