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Edwin Butterworth Mains

Edwin Butterworth Mains

Years at Michigan: 1931 - 1960
Literature, Science, and the Arts
| Botany |
Professor of Botany
Director of the University Herbarium

Professor Emeritus
Director Emeritus

Faculty Member Resources

LSA Minutes
January 19, 1935
The Michigan Alumnus
July 1, 1960
Regents' Proceedings