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Names Chair of Botany
William Campbell Steere
The Michigan Alumnus 357
The Michigan Alumnus 357
Dr. Steere joined the University faculty in 1931, as an Instructor in Botany after teach ing for a few years at Temple Univer sity. He has been a full Professor since last year, and is the author of a num ber of articles.
Besides his teaching duties, Dr. Steere was named an academic counselor in the College of Liter ature, Science and the Arts in 1940. During the war he spent two years as Senior Botanist, on leave from the University, for the Board of Economic Warfare. In this capacity he went to Peru, Ecuador and Colombia in search of quinine to supply the Army's needs for malaria victims.
Dr. Steere is a grandson of the late distinguished zoologist, Joseph Beal Steere, '68, 70/, Ph.D. (Hon.) 75, who served on the University faculty from 1876 to 1893.