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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Michael J. Wynne |
1976 - 2007 |
Professor of Botany Curator of Algae |
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George F. Estabrook |
1976 - 2009 | Professor of Botany |
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William R. Anderson |
1974 - 2002 |
Professor of Botany Curator of Vascular Plants |
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Charles F. Yocum |
1973 - 2010 |
Professor of Chemistry Professor of Biological Sciences Alfred S. Sussman Professor of Biology |
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David M. Gates |
1971 - 1991 | Professor of Botany |
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Gordon R. McBride |
1968 - 1971 | Assistant Professor of Botany |
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Edward L. McWilliams |
1967 - 1972 | Assistant Professor of Botany |
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Richard A. Cellarius |
1966 | Assistant Professor of Botany |
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Hiroshi Ikuma |
1965 - 2000 | Professor of Biology |
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Howard A. Crum |
1965 - 1995 |
Professor of Botany Curator of Bryophytes and Lichens |
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Berwind Peterson Kaufmann |
1962 - 1967 |
Professor, Botany & Zoology Senior Research Scientist |
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Conrad Yocum |
1961 - 1986 | Professor of Botany |
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Rowland H. Davis |
1960 - 1978 | Assistant Professor of Botany |
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Peter M. Ray |
1958 - 1965 | Professor of Botany |
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William S. Benninghoff |
1957 - 1988 |
Professor of Botany Director of Botanical Gardens 1977-1983 |
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Charles B. Beck |
1956 - 1991 |
Professor of Botany, Paleobotany Curator in the Museum of Paleontology |
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Peter A. Hyypion |
1956 |
Assistant Professor of Botany Curator of the Botanical Gardens |
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Edward Voss |
1956 - 1996 |
Professor of Botany Curator of Vascular Plants |
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Thomas E. Moore |
1956 - 2000 |
Professor of Biology Curator of Insects |
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Arthur Geoffrey Norman |
1952 - 1976 |
Professor of Botany Vice-President for Research 1964-1972 Director Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1955-1966 |
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Warren “Herb” Wagner |
1951 - 1991 |
Profesor of Botany & Natural Resources Chair Department of Botany Director Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1966-1971 |
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Alfred S. Sussman |
1950 - 1990 |
Professor of Botany Dean of the Graduate School Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs |
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Erich E. Steiner |
1950 - 1988 |
Professor of Botany Director of Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
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Alexander H. Smith |
1949 - 1975 | Professor of Botany |
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Robert James Lowry |
1948 - 1981 | Professor of Botany |
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Rogers McVaugh |
1946 - 1979 |
Harley Harris Bartlett Professor of Botany Curator of Vascular Plants |
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Frederick Kroebert Sparrow |
1936 - 1973 |
Professor of Botany Director of the Biological Station |
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William Campbell Steere |
1936 - 1950 |
Professor of Botany Chairman Department of Botany |
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Elzada Urseba Clover |
1936 - 1967 |
Professor of Botany Curator, Botanical Gardens |
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Kenneth Lester Jones |
1933 - 1976 |
Professor of Botany Chair Department of Botany |
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Edwin Butterworth Mains |
1931 - 1960 |
Professor of Botany Director of the University Herbarium |
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William Randolph Taylor |
1930 - 1966 |
Professor of Botany Curator of Algae |
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Chester A. Arnold |
1928 - 1971 |
Professor of Botany. Geology Curator of Paleobotany |
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Herbert F. Bergman |
1922 - 1923 | Exchange Professor of Botany |
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Felix Gustav Gustafson |
1920 - 1959 | Professor of Botany |
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Carl D. LaRue |
1920 - 1955 | Professor of Botany |
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Dow V. Baxter |
1919 - 1966 | Professor of Forest Pathology |
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Frank C. Gates |
1919 - 1952 | Professor of Botany |
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Harley Harris Bartlett |
1917 - 1956 |
Professor of Botany Director of the Botanical Gardens |
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Frieda Cobb Blanchard |
1916 - 1956 |
Assistant Director Botanical Gardens 1917-1956 Acting Director Botanical Gardens 1926 |
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John H. Ehlers |
1915 - 1939 | Associate Professor of Botany |
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Walter Wesslhoeft Tupper |
1913 - 1936 | Instructor in Botany |
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Filibert Roth |
1913 - 1923 |
Professor of Forestry Director of the Botanical Gardens |
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Henry A. Gleason |
1910 - 1919 |
Assistant Professor of Botany Director of the Botanical Gardens 1915-1919 |
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Henri Theodore Antoine de Leng Hus |
1910 - 1917 | Assistant Professor of Botany |
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Charles H. Otis |
1910 |
Instructor of Botany Curator of Botanical Gardens Acting Director Botanical Gardens 1912-1913 |
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Calvin H. Kauffman |
1904 - 1930 |
Professor of Botany Director of the University Herbarium |
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George Plumer Burns |
1902 - 1912 |
Assistant Professor of Botany Director of the Botanical Gardens 1907-1912 |
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Charles Albert Davis |
1901 - 1908 |
Instructor in Forestry Curator of Botanical Herbarium - Dept of Botany |
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Julia Warner Snow |
1899 - 1900 | Instructor in Botany |
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James Barkley Pollock |
1898 - 1932 | Professor of Botany |
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Fanny Elizabeth Langdon |
1897 - 1899 |
Instructor in Botany & Zoology Died in 1899 |
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Frederick C. Newcombe |
1895 - 1923 | Professor of Botany |
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Louisa Reed-Stowell |
1877 - 1889 | Assistant in Microscopical Botany |
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Volney Morgan Spalding |
1876 - 1904 | Professor of Botany |
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Alexander Winchell |
1853 - 1891 |
Professor of Physics Professor/Chair Civil Engineering 1853-1855 Professor Geology, Zoology and Botany 1855-1873 |
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Abram Sager |
1842 - 1874 |
Professor of Zoology and Botany (Librarian 1848-1850) Professor of Obstetrics & Physiology Chair OB/GYN 1850-1874 |
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Asa Gray |
1838 - 1942 | Professor of Botany, Zoology |