William Campbell Steere

Background

Steere, William Campbell was born on November 4, 1907 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Son of James A. and Lois (Campbell) Steere.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1929. AM, University Michigan, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1932.

Doctor of Science (honorary), University Michigan, 1962. Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania, 1931. Doctor of Science (honorary), Montreal, 1959.

Doctor of Science (honorary), University Alaska, 1982.

Career

Instructor botany Temple University, Philadelphia, 1929-1931. Instructor University Michigan, 1931-1936, professor, 1946-1950, chairman department, 1947-1950, curator bryophytes, 1945-1950. Professor biology (botany) Stanford (California) University, 1950-1958, dean graduate division, 1950-1958.

Director New York Botanical Garden, 1958-1970, president, 1970-1972, president emeritus, senior scientist, 1973-1989. Professor botany Columbia University, 1958-1976, professor emeritus, 1976-1989. Botanist University Michigan-Carnegie Institution expedition to Yucatan, 1932.

United States Cinchona Mission to Colombia and Ecuador, 1942-1944. Leader University Michigan expedition to Great Bear Lake, Northwest Ty., 1948. Exchange professor University Puerto Rico, 1939-1940.

Botanist United States Geological Survey, Alaska, 1949, Arctic Research Laboratory, Point Barrow, Alaska, summers 1951-1953, 60, 61, 63, 72, 74, Greenland, 1962. Program director systematic biology National Science Foundation, 1954-1955. President bryol. section 8th, 9th International Botanical Congresses, Paris, 1954, Montreal, 1959.

Achievements

• William Campbell Steere has been listed as a noteworthy botanist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Laboratory Outline for Elementary Botany
  • Liverworts of Southern Michigan (Cranbrook Institute of Science Bulletin, 17)
  • FIFTY YEARS OF BOTANY Golden Jubilee Volume of the Botanical Society of America
  • Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS The First Fifty Years The Evolution of a Major Science Information Source
  • Fifty Years of Botany

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1949, 66, 67), California Academy of Sciences, American Geography Society. Member American Fern Society, American Society Plant Taxonomists (president 1959), Association Tropical Biology, International Association Bryologists (president 1969-1975), New England Botanical Club, Southern Appalachian Botanical Club, Torrey Botanical Club (president 1961), Botanical Society of America (president 1959), Institute Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales (honorary), Finnish Botanical Society (correspondent), California Botanical Society, Zoological Society Vanamo (correspondent), Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (editor 1936-1940), Research Club University Michigan, Science Research Club University Michigan (president 1941-1942), Society Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales (correspondent), British Bryological Society, Japanese Bryological Society, American Bryological Society (president 1936-1937), Association Sudamericana de Fitotaxonomists, American Society Naturalists (president 1957-1958), Society for Study Evolution, Arctic Institute North America, American Association Museum (president 1968-1970), New York State Association Museum (president 1961-1962), Sigma Xi. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).

Century Association (New York City), University (New York City).

Connections

Married Dorothy Clara Osborne, June 14, 1927. Children: Lois Steere Beattie, Alice Steere Coulombe, William Campbell.

Father:

James A. Steere

Mother:

Lois (Campbell) Steere

Spouse:

Dorothy Clara Osborne

child:

Alice Steere Coulombe Steere

child:

William Campbell Steere

child:

Lois Steere Beattie Steere