Shirley Lois Cotter Tucker

Background

Tucker, Shirley Lois Cotter was born on April 4, 1927 in St. Paul. Daughter of Ralph U. and Myra C. (Knutson) Cotter.

Education

Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1949; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 1956.

Career

Assistant professor botany, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1967-1971; associate professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1971-1976; professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1976-1982; Boyd professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1982-1995; professor emerita, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1995. Adjunct Professor department biology University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1995.

Achievements

• Shirley Lois Cotter Tucker has been listed as a noteworthy Botany educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Aspects of Floral Development: Proceedings

Membership

Member Botanical Society American (vice president 1979, program chairman 1975-1978, president-elect 1986-1987, president 1987-1988, Merit award 1989), American Bryological and Lichenological Society, British Lichenological Society, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Plant Taxonomists (president-elect 1994-1995, president 1995-1996), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Kenneth W. Tucker, August 22, 1953.

Father:

Ralph U. Cotter

Mother:

Myra C. (Knutson) Cotter

Spouse:

Kenneth W. Tucker