Background
Sohmer, Seymour Hans was born on February 27, 1941 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of Ralph and Tanya (Naidus) Sohmer.
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This new 2-volume edition of “the most significant botanical publication on Pacific plants in recent decades” (Flora Vitiensis Nova) includes an extensive addendum providing information on newly described species, nomenclatural changes, and new island records, together with a bibliography of important taxonomic references published since the first edition. The status of 271 species newly listed as endangered or threatened has also been updated.
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Sohmer, Seymour Hans was born on February 27, 1941 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of Ralph and Tanya (Naidus) Sohmer.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1963; Master of Science, U. Tennessee, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Hawaii, 1971.
Department chairman botany, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1980-1990;
assistant director research and scholarly studies, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1985-1990;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, 1975-1979;
instructor department botany, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1966;
instructor department biology, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, 1967-1970;
assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, 1970-1975;
director herbarium, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, 1968-1980;
senior biodiversity advisor, Agency International Development, Washington, 1990-1993;
president, director, Botanical Research Institute Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, since 1993. Participant Flora of Ceylon project, Smithsonian Institution, 1973, research collaborator department botany, 1977. Research affiliate U. Hawaii, 1974, Adjunct Professor botany, 1980-1991.
Staff associate division environmental biology National Science Foundation, 1977-1978, research botanist office of forests, division botany, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1979. Chairman standing committee botany Pacific Science Association, 1983. Education committee Hawaii Bishop Research Institute, since 1989.
Adjunct Professor pharmacology U. North Texas Health Science Center, since 1994. Adjunct Professor biology Texas ChristianUniv., since 1995.
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Member American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Plant Taxonomists, Association Tropical Biology, Association Pacific Systematists, Botan. Society American, Science Society Escuela Agricola Panamerica, Hawaiian Botan. Society, International Association PlantTaxonomy, Lund Botan.
Society, Lyon Arboretum Association, Pacific Science Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Sara Rose Harrison, August 5, 1967. Children: Rebecca Rose, Rachel Adrienne.
