Personalia:

Jacobs Receives Barnes Award

William P. Jacobs, Professor emeritus of Biology at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and a member of the Botanical Society of America since the early 1940's, received the Barnes Award from the American Society of Plant Physiologists at their annual meeting. He was cited for contributions to society and for life-time achievement in plant physiological research and teaching.

Pires Receives Lawrence Memorial Award

J. Chris Pires at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the recipient of the 1998 Lawrence Memorial Award. A student of Professor Kenneth J. Sytsma, Mr. Pires has undertaken a study of biosystematics and phylogenetics of the Themidaceae. He will use the proceeds of the Award for travel in Mexico and Pacific Northwest for field research. Commemorating Dr. George H. M. Lawrence, founding Director of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University, the biennial Award of $1,000 is made to an outstanding doctoral candidate for travel in support of dissertation research in systematic botany or horticulture, or the history of the plant sciences, including literature and exploration.

Sohmer Named Fellow of the Linnean Society

S. H. Sohmer, Ph.D., president and director of the Botanica Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Fort Worth, Texas, has been elected to be a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, the oldest extant scientific society in the world devoted to the study of natural history -- its evolution, ecology, and systematics.

Correction:

As a result of miscommunication, PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN received an incorrect notification that BSA member Elizabeth M. Lord had passed away. PSB reported this incorrect information in the Autumn issue. PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN regrets this mistake. - Ed.