1999 in the FSU Biological Science History project

1999 In the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University (updated 23 April 2009)

Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Joseph Travis contributed the article "Green Promise" to the fall/winter 1999 issue of FSU Research in Review.

Administration
Faculty roster
Arrivals
Departures
Awards to faculty, students, staff
Publications
Obituaries

Administration

Chair: Thomas M. Roberts
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies: Thomas C. S. Keller III
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies: Paul R. Elliott, then Robert H. Reeves

Arrivals

new assistant Professor Gregory M. Erickson
new assistant Professor Debra A. Fadool
new assistant Professor James M. Fadool

Departures

Professor Paul R. Elliott, who retired.
Professor and IMB director Lee C. Makowski
Associate Professor Peter C. Wainwright, who left to accept an Associate Professorship in the Department of Evolution and Ecology, University California, Davis.

Awards

Faculty Awards

Professor David L. Balkwill was named an FSU Distinguished Research Professor

Professor Donald L. D. Caspar was elected a Fellow of the Biophysical Society
Professor William F. Herrnkind received a Teaching Incentive Program Award and a Professorial Excellence Program Award.
Distinguished Research Professor and Curator of Birds and Mammals Frances C. James received the Margaret Morse Nice medal of the Wilson Ornithological Society.
Assistant Professor Andrew D. Johnson received the department's Loretta C. Ellias Award for undergraduate teaching.
Professor Timothy S. Moerland received an FSU University Teaching Award.
Professor William H. Outlaw Jr. received an FSU President's Teaching Award.
Professor Walter R. Tschinkel received an FSU Professorial Excellence Program Award.

Student Awards

Graduate Student Publication Award: Kate Marley

The Robert B. Short Scholarship in Zoology: Jamie De Maria and Margaret Gunzburger

The John Mark Caffrey Scholarship: Sasha Greek, Brook Hill, Julie Jones, and Noelle Lambana
The Francenia E. Fisher Scholarship: Trina Cassels
The Charles M. McAllister Undergraduate Research Award: Holly Boyette and Brook Hill
The Varina Vaughn-Winona Jordan Scholarship: Danielle Sherdan and Katherine Temkit

Staff Awards

Obituaries

Professor Emerita Mildred Irene Boliek, who joined the Department of Zoology in 1936 and retired from the Department of Biological Science in 1965.

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