Rogers McVaugh
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| Born | May 30, 1909 New York City, New York, United States of America |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College University of Pennsylvania |
Rogers McVaugh (born May 30, 1909)[1] is a research professor of botany and the UNC Herbarium's curator of Mexican plants. He is also Adjunct Research Scientist of the Hunt Institute in Carnegie Mellon University and a Professor Emeritus of botany in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Born in May 30 of 1909, in New York City, Rogers McVaugh was a brilliant student. He earned the bachelor's degree with highest honors in botany from Swarthmore College in 1931 and a Ph.D in botany from the University of Pennsylvania in 1935.[1]
McVaugh's first published paper is Recent Changes in the Composition of a Local Flora, published in 1935, and his latest publication is Marcus E. Jones in Mexico, 1892, published in 2005.[1]
McVaugh currently works on Flora Novo-Galiciana a multi-volume work focusing on the diverse flora of a region in western Mexico. In 1984, he was awarded the Botanical Society of America’s Henry Allan Gleason Award for his work on this project.[1]
Rogers McVaugh married Ruth Beall, but she passed away in 1987. He currently has two children: Michael Rogers McVaugh and Jenifer Beall McVaugh.[1]
[edit] Career
- 1935-1938: Instructor then Asst. Professor, Botany, University of Georgia, Athens
- 1938-1946: Associate Botanist, Division of plant exploration & introduction, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- 1946-1951: Associate Professor, Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 1951-1974: Professor, Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 1955-1956: Program Director for Systematic Biology, National Science Foundation 1974-1979: Harley Harris Bartlett Professor of Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 1946-1979: Curator of Vascular Plants, University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor
- 1972—1975: Director, University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor
- 1979-present: Professor Emeritus, Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 1980-present: Research Professor of Botany, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1981-present: Adjunct Research Scientist, Hunt Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
[edit] Honors
- International Association of Plant Taxonomy: Vice-President 1969-1972, President 1972-1975
- Festschrift in Taxon, 1979
- Botanical Society of America-Merit Award, 1977
- Sociedad Botánica de Mexico- Gold Medal 1978
- New York Botanical Garden- Henry Allan Gleason award 1984, for Flora Novo-Galiciana vol. 14 (1983)
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists -- First Annual Asa Gray award, 1984
- University of Guadalajara, Mexico— First Luz María Villarreal de Puga Medal, 1993
- International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, USA – Millennium Medal, 1999 (one of eight worldwide)
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. – First Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany, 2001
- Botanical Society of America - Centennial Award, 2006
He has published about 12 books and 200 shorter articles in history of botany, floristics and systematic botany.
[edit] Memberships
Sociedad Botánica de México
