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r.rnDspARTMsrvr had an- process this increasedworkload Page other exceptional year has remained essentially constant. despite the budgetary Among our new projects with DEPARTMENT NEWS ...... 2-6 problems experienced by UNM. major funding was the National Geologistsin the Dept.?...... 2 We added two new assistant pro- Long-Term Ecological Research fessors,Dns. Scorr C.lnnoll and Network Office, a National Center 5th Annual ResearchDay ...... 3 GnsrcHENHonvreNn; Dn JrruNEne for Emerging Viruses, and a new Hughes Program Update ...... 4 Lovr also joined the department as MBRS grant. The department also a ResearchAssistant Professor. has been awarded significant MSB Update ...... 5 We also experienced increased spacein the old bookstore adja- Linda Contos,New Vet...... 5 enrollment, increased extramural cent to Castetter Hall, and Dns. T. funding, continued research pro- LowrnY, R. Plrurul.rrun, H. SNrrr NeurosporaGenome Project .... 6 ductivity, and expanded success and T. YlrEs have been awarded FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS .... 7 -12 in development and enhancement two NSF grants totalling L.3 mil- of our core facilities. Lr fact, the lion dollars to support its renova- The Lewises...... 7 department was fust in the college tion. All of our undergraduate and Dr. Conant Wins Award...... 9 in number of outside grant dollars graduate programs have contin- and generated alnost 20% of the ued to flourish. Adjunct Faculty...... 10 student credit hours for Arts and Successin recent hirings, sfu- ALUMNI NEWS ...... 12-13 Sciences.The scholarly activities dent recruitrnent and retention, in of our faculty during the past year research productivity, at acquiring OTHER ALUMNI, FRIENDS & resulted in the publication of eight outside financial support, and the SUPPoRTERS...... 13 book chapters,48 articles in schol- extraordinary efforts of our facul- arly journals, five popular articles ty, staff, students and friends have BSNM...... 't+15 and 56 abstracts; invited seminars done much to strengthen our ca- and plenary presentations were pacity to meet a steadily increas- given by UNM biologists at 67 ing demand for education in Biol- institutions. ogy at UNM. Given a consistent Outside funding for research lack of adequate support through and teaching programs continued the funding formula, however, our its upward trajectory. Grant dol- resources, both human and fin- lars increasedby 16.3%,with ex- ancial, remain inadequate to keep penditures of almost five million pace with the demand. Your sup- dollars from outside sources. IJn- port of the Department is more fortunately, the staff needed to important now than ever. THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO

In 1993,Dn. MrcH,c,ilBoce,N and CrNnyRauorNrx arrived at the UNM c.unpus/ bringing with them a federal collection of 35,000verte- Geologistsin the brates from Fort Collins, CO. Twenty years before, after receiv- Departmentof Biology? i^g his PhD from UNM, Mike left Albuquerque to work for the USF- (or the Legacyof 614 CastetterHall) WS'NFWL at the National Muse- um of Natural History in Wash- N Ocronrn L, 1996,lhe sfudents, one of whom was Mike ington, DC. Who would have Departrnent of Interior's Bogan (more on him later). From guessed that he would refurn to National Biological Ser- here, Norm and a cadre of sfu- his alma mater and occupy the vice (NBS) was transferred to the dents and field assistants studied very same room he used as a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and reported on desert ecosys- graduate student? Within months and renamed the Biological Re- tems. Some of these former stu- of their arrival, Mike and Cindy sourcesDivision (BRD). Although dents who passed through the (and l-F00 other federal research- this action has resolved a variety door of Room 61,,4,may sound ers) were transferred to a new of vexing bureaucratic concems,it familiar: Ronrnr RryNoros, Bnucr Department of Interior agency, the may baffle occupants of the Biolo- Wooow^l,no,Plr MrHrnor, Rlcr NBS. This agency was short-lived gy Departrrent who share space SMlnrr, SlNont Llurrucx and and alnnost three years to the day, with these former employees of Cn.nnrn PxNrEn. In later years, NBS became one of four divisions NBS and who were just getting other temporary technicians and within USGS. The official name of "National used to the name Bio- students induded M.e,nnyrsAlrur- the office in Room 6tAis *re Add logical Seryice." Others are won- racn, Lucy AqurNo, Lru FrrzcsR- Lands Field Station.It is adminis- "geologists" dering if really are in l.ro, R.l,NovJENNrNGs,Cnnor Mlr- tered by the Midcontinent Ecologi- the Biology Department. To put coru and JnvrSrulnr. In L98L, cal ScienceCenter (MESC) in Fort things in perspective, it is useful to NFWL merged with the Denver Collins, CO one of L6 science cen- go back 22years when this whole Wildlife ResearchCenter. In 1982, ters in the Biological Resources drama unfolded. Dn. Tou Fnrrrs came from Tulane Division. MESC is under the lead- InL974, NonulN J. Scorr came University to join the USFWS field ership of Dn. RsY SrsNpun. to UNM to establish a southwest- station. He soon added a new Currently, the Arid Lands Field ern field station of the U.S. Fish emphasis to the office (Guam's Station consists of five permanent and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) brown tree snake problem) and employees, Mike Bogan @roject National Fish and Wildlife Labora- together, he and Norm served on Leader), Cindy Ramotnik (Collec- tory (NFWL). Norm set up shop in graduate researchcommittees, tions Manager), J.C. Rrcna,nosoN the basement of Castetter Hall in participated in the growth of the (Office Manager and forsrer em- Room 6LA, a room previously Museum of Southwestem Biology ployee at El Morro National Mon- used by jim Findley's graduate herpetology collection, and contin- ument), Jru Srurnr (Wildlife Biol- ued to study southwestem wild- ogist) and EnMs VAloEz (Wildlife life. Throughout these often hectic Biologist). The staff is supplement- The Bialagical Society of years the one person most respon- ed by additional technicians dur- New :Merco,,ispublished sible for maintaining order (and ing the field season.Station per- some sonnel continue annuallyby the Depart- semblance of sanity) was to study wildlife RlylNN RonrNo,Secretary and issues in the southwest as did ment of Biology,The Office Manager. Tom left in 1988 their predecessors.Examples of Universityof New Mexico, for the National Museum of Natu- some current projects include: AlbuQuerque,NM 87131- ral History, Norm left in L993 for a habitat use of bats in the lerrrez t osi; ioslztz-t411; Fax Califomia field station, and Ray- Mountains; baseline inventories -A304,,rfditor: ann left in 1993for the USFWS for mammals in National Parks on 5CI5i1277 :,Dt. (agait This left the Colorado Plateau; patchsize, ; ). the door open for Donald W. Duszynski; , a new federal presence in Room biodiversity and wildlife values in Editorialfusistant: Anne E. 61A. fragmented Rio Grande bosque;

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FifthAnnual Research Day Awards Asr yEAR'srRESENTATIoNs of undergraduate and graduate biology research were held on Friday, March29, 1996. Fifteen oral presentations were made and 34 poster presentations filled the greenhouse hallway of the Biology building. The organizing comrnittee consisted of Cenor BRANDT,Crernr C^l,nrmvrEry Auv Drrro, Dn. AsrnIn Kopnrc-Bnowx, Dn. SmaLoxEn, Dn. Groncu SrcvENs,Dn. ReNpyTnonNHrn and Dn. Trnny Yerrs. M*y other Biology faculty, staff and graduate students served as judges of the presentations.

The capstonespeaker for the 1996Research Day was Dn. C.J. Prrrns, Chief, SpecialPathogens Branch, Divi- sion of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases,NCID, CDC, who spoke on "Emerging Infections: Filoviruses as an Exam- ple." Dr. Petershas been affiliated with the U.S. Public Health Service:National Institute of Allergy and Infec- tious Diseases and the Department of Immunopathology: Scripps Clinic and ResearchFoundation, and has received many honors and recognitions, among them the Surgeon General's Award, The Legion of Merit, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services Award. Dr. Peter's research includes the pathogenesis and epidemi- ology of viral diseases,including Hantavirus and hemorrhagic fevers, the development andiesting of anti-viral vaccines,and the geneticsand immunology of host-virus interactions. Financial support for this year's ResearchDay was provided by Dr. George Stevensand the Nerrolrer INsn- TUTESoF Hmr.rn Mruonrry Brourprclr Rrsnlncn Pnocnena. The winners of the oral presentations were:

* First Place: Diane L. Rowland * SecondPlace (tie): Matthew E. Crawford; Patrick W. Zwartjes

* First Place: Gerald M. Herrera * Second Place: Damien T. Scott * Third Place: fason Lett The winners of the poster presentations were:

* First Place: David B. Bates * Honorable Mention: Scott Bur! Wade D. Wilson

* First Place: JamesR. Thibault . * SecondPlace (tie): T.M. Malecki; Kirsten Meyer * Honorable Mention: Anne Marie Armijo, Eldon Blueyes, Marianita Gorman, Jason Mitchell, Joe Valentine, Audrey Wells and Sheldwin Yazzie; Stephanie Atencio; Michela Baca; David C. Quintana

(Ceologists?continued' from page2) and studies of the effects of forest cludes a unique assemblage of tion with UNM in general, and the meinagement practices on the Sac- fishes from the Colorado River Biology Department and the Mu- ramento Mountain salamander. In Basin and mammals from federal seum of Southwestern Biology in addition to studying systematics lands in the Rocky Mountain- particular. Drop by Room 61A to and ecology of southwestern Lrtermountain West. J.C.has as- say hello and discover for your- mammals, Mike is an Adjunct sumed the responsibility of main- selves that these USGS employees "rock- ResearchProfessor in our depart- taining sanity, Jim provides exper- are in fact biologists in a ment and serves on graduate tise on mammals and helptiles, solid" organization. For additional research committees. Cindy over- and Emie assists with mammal inforrration, check out the MESC seesand curates the BRD collec- projects. home page ath@:/ /www.mesc. tion of more than 35,000amphibi- Now that the transfer to the nbs.gov; the Arid Lands Field ans, reptiles, birds ald sLas6als, USGS is complete, station person- Station home page can be found at and approximately 500,000speci- nel look forward to devoting their hwp:/ / www.mesc.nbs.gov,/ south- mens of fishes. The collection in- energy to a long, fruifful associa- wes/arid lands.htnrl.

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TheHughes Undergraduate Research Program

rrs Bror-ocyDrpenrvrvr's and broaden their scientific scope. research findings at the Annual Howard Hughes Under- Dn. jonr GInsoN,Ethicist with ResearchDay hosted by the Biolo- graduate ResearchProgram UNM Medical School and Public gy Departrnent at UNM this (HHURP) is currently in its fifth Policy Group, visited a joint meet- spring (1994. year of the five-year grant. The ing and delivered a talk entitled To date, Biology's HHURP has "Science purpose of this grant has been to in Society:Our Work in a awarded research opportunities to increase the number of undergrad- Social Context." 82 students.M*y of our previous uate students who pursue post- At the end of each summer, the Hughes students are now im- graduate researcheducation and Hughes Program and the REU mersed in graduate education or to encouragecareers in the bio- Program host an all-day sympo- medical school.In addition to medical sciences.This is accom- sium to give the students of both student research support, the pro- plished by providing hands-on programs the opportunity to gram also has been able to provide laboratory experience in cellular present their research findings in a equipment and technical person- and molecular biology labs within more formal setting;26 student nel to allow a hands-on molecular the departrnent. The program researchers participated in this and cell biology laboratory course supports student researchoppor- event. Five of the UNM students to be taught every semester and tunities during the academic year from last summer have continued each summer. That course was for LNM students, and a 10-week their research during this academ- taughtby Dn. DoN*p Nerrc, Summer ResearchProgram for ic year: T^ltvrenaRru.nsn (Dr. Paul and during the spring and sum- "A UNM students and students from Kerkof), Preliminary Study of mer of 1997, the course is being around the country. Both pro- the Expression of Transforming taught by Dn" Peur KrnxoE. $ams are designed to give stu- Growth Factor (TGF-Beta 1) in a In February L996,Howard dents the opportunity to carry out Mammary Adenocarcinoma; Hughes Medical Institute intro- individual laboratory research Auexp.e, Grmr (Dr. Rob Miller), duced its World Wide Web home- "Molecular projects under the supervision of a Characterization of the page site (httpr / /www.hhrni.org), professor in our deparhent. Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Trans- which is filled with infonnation There were 180 applications last feraseGene in the Opossum, Mon- about HHMl-supported advances spring for the 15 positions avail- odelphisdomestica"; Tou CusHrNc in biomedical research, science "Neuro- able during the summer of L996. (Dr. Mary Arme Nelson), education programs, opportunities Six of those positions were filled spora Genome Project Trssue- for students and other related by UNM students, and nine other Specific Gene Expression"; ERIN topics. We are also very pleased to students joined us from colleges HsrNrlr,rryEn(Dr. Mary Anne Nel- announce our own WWW home- "The and universities in Texas, Iowa, son), NeurosporaSNZ and page (h@: / /biology.unm.edu/ Colorado, Massachusetts,Ala- SNO Genes"; arrd Crcru^l Pxr -hughes/Homepage.htrnl), de- "The bama and Puerto Rico. Thev also (Dr. Gordon Johnson), Role signed and implemented by the invited a local high school biotogy of Iron in Nitrogen Fixing Soy- Hughes students last spring, in teacher to participate. Last sum- beans." which you will find information mer they had the exciting oppor- In addition to the five students, on our HHURP, application mate- tunity to visit the Santa Fe Insti- the HHURP is supporting six rials, and information on some of tute as the guests of Dn. EnrN more sfudents who are conducting the students who have participat- Goronrnc, the krstifute's new their research in areas of fungal ed in the program. Please visit President, who was previously molecular biology and genetics, both of these sites to learn more tINM's Director of ResearchAd- lymphocyte development, enzyme about HHMI and the Hughes Pro- ministration. adaptatiorg extra-cellular matrix gram in Biology at UNM. Any HHURP continues to work biology, immunology, parasitolo- inquiries or courments should be closely with the NSF-sponsored gy and other topics. Dn. Kernnyx directed to L^lunl Fnrno, Adminis- ResearchExperience for Under- Vocn continues to serve as Pro. trative Assistant, Hughes Research graduates (REU) Program, which gram Director for HHURP and Program, Department of Biology, takes place at the Sevilleta LTER. Dn GonooNJonNsoNserved as the The University of New Mexico, The HHURP and REU students faculty advisor for special projects Albuquerque, NM 8713L-1@1;e- pay reciprocal visits to one Anoth- for the fall semester. All of the mail: [email protected]. er's study sites to exchange ideas Hughes students presented their

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terms of absolute numbers and of MSBDivisions relative growth as a percentageof Dr. LindaContos, the collection size) than any of the HaveAnother other top 20 museums in the coun- NewMainC-ampus try over the past 10 years! Many ProperousYear thanks are due to lhe 27 people Veterinarian T* Drvsrorrror Marrnaarcof employed in the division, led by N Drcnvrssn5,t996,tl:re I the Museum of Southwest curators Drs. Yates and Mrcrun Rio Grande Botanical I ern Biology (MSB) has had a BoclN, and collections' managers Garden and the Albuquer- very productive past year sparked Dn. Wnrm,u G^qnNoNand Ms. que Aquarium opened to the pub- by growth in key component ar- Crxoy R^q.uornrx.Dr. Yates's re- lic; together with the Rio Grande eas,including the MSB's Publica- searchprogram can be accessed Zoo, they are known collectively as tion Series, and new opportunities through the World-Wide Web at the Albuquerque Biological Park. "Biopark " in research,particularly on emerg- hryt / /biology.unm.edu / -tyates. With the opening of the ing viruses (in the US, South The Museum's web page may be Dn. Mrcnen Rrcruno, the.50FTE America and Central Europe), accessedat hfip: / / sevilleta.unm. Main Campus veterinarian (serving bats, and global climate change. edu / msb/msb-home.htrrl. The both the Biology and Psydrology The most significant news con- Mammal Division's Hantavirus Depts.) of the past L0 years, decid- cerns breaking new ground- ResearchProgram has been sub- ed to resign his campus position so literally. Approvals of space and sumed into the newly established that he could go full-time at the funding have been made for the National Center for the Study of Biopark. renovation of the old UNM Book- Emerging Viruses, a new initiative After feting Mike goodbye,we store building, soon to house all funded by the National lnstitutes of welcomed his successor,Dn. Lruoa MSB and US Geological Survey Health (NIFI). Other major initia- Couros. Orig*ully from Chicagg (USGS)collections, the Sevilleta tives in Hantavirus research also Linda eamed a double major in Long Term Ecological Research continue in cooperation with the Electrical Engineering and Biophys- (LTER) program/ the national Indian Health Service, the Centers ics (bioengineering) at the Universi- LTER network office (which is for Disease Control & Prevention, ty of lllinois-Urbarn{hampaign. moving from the University of and the NIH. The Hantavirus pro- After a few years as an electrical Washington), the National Center gram personnel have been sam- engineer in avionics, Linda went to for the Study of Emerging Viruses, pling the mammalian biota of veterinary sdrool at Ross Universi- and portions of UNM's Media New Mexico for five years now; to ty (St. Kitts). While there she met Arts program. This state-of-the-art date, they have logged more than ]oHx Hrmnrcn (PhD, Biology, museum facility is scheduled to 90,000trap nights, with over 8,000 LINM), who was teaching microbi- open in the fall of L998.The plan- captures of 24 different species of ology. Linda andJohn moved to ning, renovation and move into mammals. Tamp4 where they were in private the new muselun have been fund- The former National Biological practice for two years. After mar- ed by National ScienceFoundation Service offices were transferred riage, they purdrased a veterinary (NSF) grants to Dns. TsRny YArrs, from the Department of the Interi- clinic in Albuquerque and moved Howe,npSNun and Ronnnr P.c,n- or to the USGS, and their name here; they now have a 4year-old MENTER($950,000, with matchirig changed to Biological Resources son. For the past eight years, Linda funds from the University!) and Division (BRD) (see "Geologists in has practiced dinical veterinary another major NSF grant to Dns. the Department of Biology?" this medicine with an on avi- Truorrv LownsYand Yates issue).Transfer problems'slowed an and exotic animals (reptiles, ($313,000). Thesefunds and reno- the planned integration of the primates, llamas). John taught vations will help house the more BRD's important regional collec- Anatomy & Physiology for our than 1,00Q000specimens of the tions with those of the MSB; we Deparbrrent for several years, but combined divisions of the MSB. hope to begin rapid integration of left when they recieved an NIH- The Mammal Division again the two collections soon. Further SBIR grant to study an antiviral had a banner year in collections information about the BRD may drug using Feline Leukemia Virus- development. With the exception be obtained from their web page, positive cats. Linda is also a part- of the National Museum of Natu- at http: / / www.mesc.nbs.gov/ time graduate student in the UNM ral History, this Division has expe- southwes/ arid-lands.html. Public Health master's program. rienced more growth (both in Welcome, Linda to our depart- ment!

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The NeurosporaGenome Project

UnorncnnDUATEResHncn FrounlsHrs tN Btotocy DEPARTMENT By l-aurieMellas

rnN DoruNnrvrc wRorE Thegenome proied is but ture, the Intemet and other emerg- his first grant proposal ing technologies. of a dozen programs "Sfudents two years ago for a re- one leam and remember searchproject to be performed in the Biology Department the facts becausethey have used them with their hands and with solely by undergraduate students, to offer nearly lOO scientists laughed. their minds, applying the facts to It was widely thought that the un der gr ad uates research the research that they are involved nature of much of molec- in," Vogel explains. technical opportunifies each year. ular biology was beyond the level The department's growing rep- of understanding for thesebud- utation as a research site continues ding scholars. The finicky nature of research to attract some of the best sfudents "More than one scientist said, ftrnding is offset by the camarade- in the country. "Even 'You guys ate crazy, you can't do rie and ingenuity of professors in though I'm going into this,"' recalls Assistant Professor the department allowing students medicine, I'm learning a lot of Mlnv ANNSNrr.sott, co-coordinat- to participate in the wide variety techniques in these programs that or of the UNM Biology Depart- of programs offered. For example, I can apply to any future re- ment's Neurospora Genome Pro- students working on the genome search," adds UNM Presidential gram with Natvig, associate project, funded by the National Scholar SrrpHlNrE ArENcro. professor. "But we've proven ScienceFoundatioru can remain Becausescience is an active ttrem wrong." under the umbrella of the Hughes undertaking and transforms con- "We are offering research ex- Program-now in its fifth year of stantly, to teach students orrlY periences that undergraduate stu- funding by the Howard Hughes what is agreed upon as probably dents can't get at schoolslike Yale Medical Institute. accurate at the time a course is "This and Harvard. And in the process, wonderful interpl ay be- offered gives them only a partial we've stumbled on genes that labs tween the various programs al- view of what biology is, Vogel around the world have tried for' lows us to get so much more ac- explains. "I years to get their hands or1" she complished. The goal here is that always tell my students in says. as well as learning, real science immunology that 50 percent of Cl,oseinvolvement with a re- gets done and students end up what I'm teaching them now is searchproject early in an academ- being coauthors on papers that are going to be different in 10 years. ic career makes students feel more being published," Vogel says. The problem is I don't know "All at home in a big university and Participants in the Hughes Pro- which 50 percenf" she says. I gives them a place where they can, gram get their fust chance to for- can do is teach them what is and do, make genuine scientific mally present theirlesearch dur- thought to be accurate now, and, contributions, says Dn Krc,rHnYN ing a symposium each August. in additioru try to teach them how Vocnr, professor of Biology and Ttris hands-on approach to to continue to update their infor- director of the Howard Hughes learning prepares students for mation and how to be able to Undergraduate Research Pro- other areas of study and teaches change their view of what the facts gram. interpersonal skills that can be ar*-and that's research." "Take the genome project. This incorporated into every area of Listening to a class lecture or is cutting edge. As well as fi^di.g their lives, Vogel says. reading in a textbook that facts are new genes, they are getting ex- The undergraduate research based on erperiments and new tremely involved with high-per- experience provides individual experiments conducted in the forrrrance computing. For the stu- interaction with professors, af- future may change a previous dents who are involved, it's an fords opportunities for teamwork understanding can leave students amazing opportunity to be at the and helps students become famil- unconvinced, Vogel says. forefront of what's going on in this iar with the different ways science fietd," Vogel says. is communicated through litera- (continued on the next page)

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tal web page [http://biology.unm. edu]), where a browser can get information about their courses and the sfudents in the courses can get their assignments. Pauland LouiseLewis They intend to stay in New Mexico becauseof the unusuallv By lennifer Grace,Biologyundergraduate perfect fit. As Louise says, "I was excited about coming here, but the rnlrr FoRALGAE" is the bump- faculty. Paul is currently teaching longer I'm here, the more Ircahze I "C++ I er sticker that caught my for Biologists" so that biolo- that this is a perfect place for us." I attention at the door to the gy students have an introduction In addition to the winter ski office of Dn. Loursr Lrwrs where I to computer programming that is slopes, the spicy food, and their was to meet her and Dn. Plur tailored to their specific needs. home near UNM, the Biology De- Lrwrs for this interview. Paul is There is a growing need within partrnent has made New Mexico one of Biology's newest tenure- the biological community for com- very comfortable for them because track professor, and his wife, Lou- puter programming skills. As it is a large and diverse depart- ise, is a new instructor. With their computers becomeboth faster and ment that is giving them a "well- expertise in phylogeny, they add more accessible,it becomeseasier rounded education." They like substantially to the Biology De- to test complex biological hypoth- being able to go out to lunch with partrnent, which seems to be con- esesusing computer simulation an immunologist and having an tinually expanding its dimensions. techniques. Paul is trying to give office down the hall from zoolo- In her office, I found many psy- biology sfudents, in one semester, gists, "even if they are herpeto- chology, I'm sorry, phycologyjour- a basic programming tool kit that logists," says Louise. This is a nals giving depth to Louise's love they can apply to their own re- refreshing change for them since of seaweed.I also found the pair searchproblems. most recently Louise came from a very enjoyable to talk to and just This spring semester Louise department that was strictly bota- bursting at the seams with infor- taught'lPlant Anatomy," which ny and Paul from a statistics de- mation. the Departnent hasn't had the partrnent. Louise says that her Having met and married at resources to offer for a number of LINM Biology experience "helps Ohio State University, their gradu- years. In the future, Louise plans me think about new approachesto ate institution, both Paul and Lou- to teach phycology (not to be con- research, see how other people ise did postdocs in North Caroli- fused with psychology, as was solve their problems, and, often na, moved on to the Smithsonian done on her undergraduate tran- times, the problems are the same Institution, and then made their script) (sorry, Bio students, sea- or similar enough that I can think way to us. Why did they want to weed, not Freudian sexual stages). about using that same approach." "Statistical come to New Mexico? As Paul This spring Paul taught General consensus has it that explains it, the job description was Geneticsand Phylogenetics."Both Paul and Louise are pretty nice an unusually perfect fit. Paul and Louise have web pages folks. Sam Loker, Professor,says, "They Paul and Louise were chosento for their classes(which can be are great colleagues in ev- filIin some gaps in the Biology accessedthrough the departrnen- ery respect. They are contributing more than their fair share with respect to teaching and service responsibilities and doing it with a positive, constructive attitude, (Cenome Project continued from page 6) which is greatly appreciated. Paul has lived to tell about teaching "What we find is that students lnuie Mellas is a staff witer in Biology 121;Louise is gefting her who are actually involved in re- the UNM PublicAffairs Department. baptism under fire in Biology 219. search understand in a very real This article originally appearcdin the Both have become activelv involv- sense what this means," she says. Fall1996issue of a publi- ed in their own research work. "It's Quantum, a part of the learning process cationof the UNM Public Affairs They have been extremely helpful that takes one beyond rote memo- Departmmt;repinted with permis- to me personally in assisting peo- ry, and, to me, that is a definition sion. of a fine education." (continued on pageB)

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present distribution and infer how that distribution came about? Is it an historical distribution? Were they there before the continents spread or is the distribution the ffi,,,,lffi ilifi. result of recent dispersal?Can we 1 use DNA sequence data to figure it out? Is dispersal really good or is the morphology so simple that what we're calling the same spe- :,iiir,I cies isn't really the same?" For fu"!# Louise it is "a mystery game." During a postdoc at Duke, Lou- ise investigated evolution within a different group of "primitive" green plants, comparing complex thaloid (or flat) with leafy liver- worts. She analyzed the gene for the rubisco enzyme that is involv- ed in the first step of the Calvin li]iiffi cycle. Found in the ctrloroplasts, it makes up r/eof the protein in the leaf. She found that the flat liver- worts evolve more slowly than other plants; something in the substitution process of this gene makes them change more slowly. With Paul's help she hopes to find (lewises continued from page 7) an explanation for the different ple in my lab with an article on of the species.Ranging from soil rates. Comparisons still need to be orthonectid phylogeny. The bot- to marine environmentsr gr€€n made with other cellular corrpart- tom line is that they are doing algae are quite diverse despite ments like the mitochondrion and exactly what we hope new faculty being lumped into one order, the nucleus to determine the ex- will do-reinvigorating the intel- Chlorococcales,which is known in tent of the phenomenon. Luckily, "garbage lectual climate, inspiring older the trade as the dump" there is a growing data base of colleagues to raise their energy of green algae.Louise's biggest other people's work on nuclear levels, and adding new dimen- concern is that the taxonomy is so genes.But Louise points out that sions to the deparhent----all this is confusing tlut it inhibits further the number of people doing this done with a good attitude!" study. Sincethe morphology is work is small becausemost bota- Both Lewis'work with phylog- simple, it is difficult to know nists are interested in flowering enies, which are family trees that which algae are most closely relat- plants-"no one wants to work on "Vegetative relate species instead of individu- ed. morphology is the slime." als. As Paul says, "We combine result of convergent evolution. In Paul's Ph.D. is in systematics efforts. There are patterns that every lineage of green algae exam- and biogeograpy. He started get- come up in [Louise's] work which ined so far, there has been an inde- ting interested in computers when I incorporate into methodology." pendent reduction of morphologi- it came time to analyze his data. When people make models, they cal complexity, especially in those Now Paul's researchhas been get their ideas from real data, and algae which are specialized for putting the UNM Biology seryer "I'm "I Paul uses Louise's data to test his living in soils," Louise says. computer to the test. am using a algorithms because they provide trying to unravel what these genetic algorithm approach to realistic complexity. things are related to." She looks solve phylogenetic problems," he Louise calls herself a practitio- specifically at the genus Bractmcoc- says. When it is not busy with web ner of phylogenies. She works cus, which has a world-wide dis- pages, Paul has the server crank- with green algae to reach an un- tribution. Some of the questions ing on his phylogenetic programs. "Can "My derstanding of the biosystematics she asks are: we look at program is used for finding

May 1997 THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO the best phylogenetic tree for a first, they had random assign- data set." The use of this type of ments that eventually evolved to Dr. RogerConant algorithm to solve phylogenetic fit everybody's schedule. problems has only recently re- For Paul, the problem is speed. WinsIngalls ceived attention. He lets a popula- Or:rcehe ran a phylogeny program "individuals" tion of (eachof for 39 days when the entire west- Award which specifies a solution to the em U.S. suffered a power outage. rvJurre 7996,Dn Conrlrur, problem) evolve for a couple hun- After starting it over, it ran for I world-renowned herpetologist dred generations while the com- another 30 days before a system I I and an Adiunct Professorin puter carries out mutation, selec- crash stopped it again. That is "I'm our departrnen! received the Dav- tion and recombination on these why interested in finding id S. Ingalls, Jr. Award for Excel- individuals. quicker ways," he says.As he lence,presented by The Cleveland The problem with trying to find mentioned.this, he looked towards Museum of Natural Historv. phylogenetic trees is that the more the floor, and I imagined that he Eighty-seven-year-oldDr. Lonant species you want to consider, the was at that moment still working is the fourth recipient of this preti- more complicated it gets. The on the problem and I tried to pre- gious awardr grv€n for excellence algorithm, which is a recipe for pare myself for an instant flash of in research, education or conser- solving a problem, gives the com- insight and the possibility of him "Genet- vation in one of the fields of natu- puter a set of instructions. suddenly bursting out of the ral science represented by the ic algorithms are used to find room, exclaiming "I got it!" Museum. He is consideredby solutions to many complex prob- Pleasantly remembering my many to be the most important lems; they allow a population to conversationswith Paul and Lou- herpetologist of the 20th century. evolve through natural selection." ise Lewis, I am' looking for a good His peers praise him not only for They are commonly used to solve way to give a final word on the his tireless work in promoting practical problems like scheduling pair. But Dov Sex, Ph.D. student knowledge of and educational traffic lights in a city. At first you and Biology Graduate Student interest in reptiles and amphibi- use random assignments of tirnes Association co-president,sums it ans, but also for his championing for the stoplights; eventually, if up well "What's so refreshing of zoos as institutions for educa- you let it run long enougtUit about them is their attitude. Their tion and conservation. Dr. Conant comesup with a very good solu- attifude is one of onenessand is currently writing his memoirs, tion. The first generation of solu- eagemessto participate. They are to be published soon. tions are pretty bad. The ones that willing to sit down with under- are better solutions contribute graduates, -illi.g to sit down more-to the next generation and with graduate students, wilting to the population t.rasbetter fitress. consider revising the curriculum, As an example, he used the prob- and willing to go play soccer." lem of scheduling the Biology 121 T.A.s in his computing class.At

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BYU, Colorado State University, AdjunctProfessors: Bucknell University, University of Washington, to name a few). Some BuildingBlocks in our are ProfessorsEmeriti, who have retired from our program, but still Intellectual Foundation stay professionally active (e.g., Dns. Cnq.wroRD,DEcENHARDT, ArroNwrDE,higher educa- creased the number of adjunct Fttrlorry, RrEorsn) and still others tion is experiencing intru- faculty from about five in L983 to are our own postdocs and re- sion from politicians. This 105 in 1996. These individuals search associates, who toil on a has resulted, within the last de- come in all flavors and colors. For daily basis keeping research pro- cade,in tougher scrutiny of facul- example, some (e.g., Dns. CoNaNr, grarns moving along in our de- ty productivity (not all bad), tight- Conrrss, DrcxrnvreN, Fnrrurn) are partment. er (meaning less) funding (to do world-class scholars who have more), and the infamous "down- sizing." At the level of the depart- ment, this me€rnsthat the greatest limiting resource is the lack of faculty line items (i.e., full-time equivalent [FTE] faculty posi- tions). The number of declared undergraduate majors in our de- partrnent can help set this limited lesource in its proper perspective: the Biology Deparbnent at UNM now has more than L,200declared majors! For us to reach the same faculty:major ratio that our sister departrnent, Geology, enjoys we would need to hire 100 nantfaculty immediately! On a regional/na- tional scale, we have documented that biology departments like ours, that generate20,000+ stu- dent credit hours/year in compa- rable comprehensive universities, have anywhere from 80-150 FTE faculty. Our FTE faculty in Biology now number 37. We recognized more than a decade ago that the administration Ite and Bob relax aftu a hard ilay in thefield. at UNM would never place itself in a position to aggressively in- retired from other institutions, In this edition of our annual creaseFTE faculty in our depart- moved to the Albuquerque area, newsletter, we would like to hon- ment in spite of the data we could and want to keep professionally or two of our very active Adjunct generate and/ot the comparisons active. Others have full-time em- Faculty and tell you a little bit we could draw. Thus, in L983,we ployment at city (e.9.,NM Muse- about each and how each contrib- began a determined campaign to um of Natural History), state (NM utes to the Goodnessof Biology at help increase our intellectual foun- Department of Fish & Game, A1- UNM. dation by seeking professional buquerque T-VI) and federal (US biologists who could contribute to Fish & Wildlife Service, Los Alam- Lrr Coucn our program in different ways, os or Sandia National Labs) agen- s. Lst CoucH (DuszvNsru) but who would cost UNM virtual- cies. Still others are colleagues in is an Adjunct Research "paper ly nothing, save a appoint- the UNM Medical School or at Associatein our Depart- ment." As a result, we have in- other universities nationwide (e.g., ment, but this is not just a pretty

10 Mav 1997 THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO title to go with a pretty face.Lee is and recently was inducted into important exchangeof bird speci- Chairman of Biology at Albuquer- Who'sWho of America'sTeachers. mens with the San Diego Natural que T-VI, where she teaches13-15 History Museum (SDNHM). To courses during eachll-monlh RbsrnrDrcxrnmnN highlight and reiterate what we school year (this is not a typo!). In n. DrcrsRMAN.isan inter- reported in last year's BSNM addition to that, she works 20 nationally recognized Newsletter,a collection of bird hours each week in Dn. DoN^l,rp scholar and, in many skins made by Frank Stephens in DuszvNsxr'sresearch lab, coordi- ways, he is a RenaissanceMan of NM in 1875-76 was finally re- nating the lab activities devoted to sorts, having published about 200 turned to MSROrnithology by two NSF-supported researchpro- scientific papers in areas as seem- the SDNHM; the SDNHM re- grams and playing "lab mom" to ingly disparate as virology, mam- ceived, in exchange,specimens of Don's five graduate and four un- malogy and ornithology. He is a California birds that represented dergraduate students, who also ResearchAssociate of the Ameri- surplus material in the Amadeo work (slave) there. Along with can Museum of Natural History, a Rea collection-a collection that those activities, she publishes reg- Fellow of the American Ornitholo. Bob had previously obtained as a ularly, submits grant proposals to gists'Union, has held a Fogerty donation to the MSB. In other state, federal and international Senior International Fellowship, words, the Stephens'collection agencies,presents papers at re- and is a former President of the was basically obtained free-of- gional, national and international Lirurean Society of New York. charge except, of course, for Bob's parasitology meetings, and has Prior to his associationwith Biolo- uruewarded effort. Pretty slick just returned from Washington gy at UNM, he was an Associate maneuvering, especially since the where she served on a National Professorof Microbiology at the Stephens'collection is of both ScienceFoundation review panel Comell University Medical Col- historic and biological importance for the most recent competition of lege in NYC. In the late 1980s,his to NM and constitutes the MSB's ResearchExperience for Under- sory An^lr DrcxERnaAN,came to oldest NM bird skins graduate proposals. Currently, she UNM to work on an MS degree This year, according to the L996 is participating in a number of with Dn. Tunnv Yerrs, and the lure NantMexico OrnithologicalSociety international research efforts in- of tlre southwest was just too (NMOS) Bulletin ffol-24, No. 3), volving the parasites of indige- much for Bob. He couldn't stand Bob helped UNM's Centennial nous animals: in the Gal6pagos to see Allan having all this fun Library of Scienceand Engineer- Archipelago (with HowaRD AND alone, so he retired from Cornell ing secure the donation of Dn. Hrror SNEn),at Cape Bird, Ross and moved to the serene environs TsLFonoHrNorsv Wom's (1925-95) Island, Antarctica (with Adjunct of Bemalillo, NM, in 1.990.Since ornithological library collection by Research Assistant Professor, then he has been a ResearchAsso- Dr. Work's wife, Dn. Mlnrrut Glnv Mnrrn), in Israel (with ciate Professor in our departrnent. JozeN-Wonx. There are approxi- mammalogist Evu,r^r,nNrvo), and I^L99'1.,he assumedthe addition- mately 110volumes in the collec- in Africa (with J.P. Hucor, a al role of Acting Curator of Orni- tion, each with a bookplate recog- French nematologist from the Par- thology in our Museum of South- ^i"irg this gif! a future NMOS is Museum of Natural History). westem Biology MSB); the bird Bulletin plans to list the collec- Finally, she has just been awarded muserun has thrived with Bob's tions'volumes. a large research contract by Rhone relentlessand dedicated devotion Dru^L NontHur, the Centennial Poulenc Ag Company. to it (for which he receives no Library's Biology librarian (who is While a Biology graduate stu- financial compensation!).Bob also a graduate student in our dent working with Dn. Slrvr Lorsn does a lot more than just curate department with Dn. Clrr D.lnu at UNM, ke was recognized as specimens on a daily basis. He as her graduate advisor), tells us our deparhent's Outstanding continues to travel worldwide that Bob has been working on Teaching Assistant during Spring (Africa, Central and South Ameri- several projects to improve the Semester, L990.She has continued ca), he continually collects speci- Centennial Library's ornitho- her excellence in the teaching are- mens, which he arranges to have logical collection. Among these na at T-VI. In 1.993,she was nomi- deposited in our MSB, and, in efforts is the establishment of a nated from within the Albuquer- L993,he establishedthe MSB-Or- merrrorial trust for the purchase of que community for Albuquerque's nithology fund, starting it off with ornithological books for the Cen- Best Educator-People's Choice a generous, personal contribution. tennial Library in the name of ' Award, and this year Lee was Also in 1993,it was Bob who ar- nominated bv her T-VI students ranged for and carried out a very (continued on page 12)

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Lorrrl' R. (Fnrrz) Bnrono (MS THrooonr B. Frscr (BS1940) L952)has a MPH in Environmen- received his MA from Columbia tallOccupational Public Health University. Although he is now from the University of South Flor- retired, he is a docent at the Ari- ida, and is working in Tampa as a zona-Sonora Desert Museum in microbiologist. Her professional Tucsory and delivers meals for St. interests include tropical/sub- Mary's hospital. He is an active "enthusiastic (Adjunct Facultycontinued from page 11) tropical diseases,tuberculosis, bowler and is an and parasitology. Her personal obseryer" of other sports. An^a,NR. PHrnrrs, the late preemi- interests are gardening, travef oil nent alpha taxonomist of the 20th painting, and environmental/ FnsnnnrcA. Gmnn (PhD 1953)is century. The trust will be funded health/safety issues.She is mar- a refued Professor Emeritus and by proceeds from the sale of a ried to Dr. JessieS. Binford, ]r., a Chairman of Lake Forest College. Festschrift published in early 1997 bacteriologist. He is still an Adjunct Professor of to honor Dr. Phillips. The Fest- Urology at Northwestem Univer- schrift contains a biography, bibli- Tuo L. BnowN(BS 1966,MS sity Medical School in Chicago, ography, annotated list of taxa 1970)was a graduate student of where he continues to fabricate described with full data and cur- Dr. William Degenhardt's (who is specialized electrophoresis equip- rent depositions of type materiaf now one of our Emeriti faculty). ment. His donation to the BSNM and an overview of Dr. Phillip's Ted works as an Environmental was given in memory of his grad- contributions to ornithology; it Specialist for the Vector Control uate advisor at SyracuseUniversi- also has more than 20 submitted Program, N.M. Environment De- ty and at IJNM, Dr. Wilburn j. papers with four taxa described, partnent in Santa Fe. He is the Eversole, Professor of Physiology. including a revision of the south- editor of the N.M. Herpetology populations of the Spotted ern Society and Secretaryof N.M. Gnu'rcHrNQunnu Knzm (BS Owl. Environmental Health Associa- t957) is a cytogenetic technologist In addition to his scholarly and tion. He still enjoys collecting at the University of Utah in Salt curatorial contributions, Bob also reptiles and amphibians, and is Lake City. plays an active role in the educa- also interested in outdoor and tion of our undergraduate and wildlife photography. AnnN J. LmuwEn (PhD 199a)is graduate students. He travels to in his third enjoyable year of be- Belize with Don Duszynski each H. JxvrusCrrrronp (BS 1963) ing ar Assistant Professor of Biol- March to lend his experience and received his PhD in Chemistry ogy at Hardin-Simmons Universi- special expertise to all the under- from UNM rr.1970. He is current- ty in Abilene, TX. Allan won the graduate and graduate students ly a Professor and Robert G. Al- Hardin-Simmons University's taking our Tropical Biology class. bertson Distinguished Professor researchaward, known as the ProfessorsCouch and Dicker- of Physics at the University of Cullan Award for Research, for m€rn are very special people and Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. He 1995-96.He is currently focusing important components of our rich enjoys teaching, reading and cur- his research on the physiological and exciting program in Biology at riculum development and in his ecology of thermoregulation in UNM. Current and former stu- leisure, pLays"a poor game of Sceloporine lizards. dents alike, all owe Bob and lee, golf." in particular, and all of our other joHN E. Luosn (BS 1.965)re- Adjunct Faculty, in general, a very Jrvrrs W. Cwrrn (BS 1967),who ceived his MA from the Universi- large debt of gratitude for all they lives in Rio Rancho, NM, is re- ty of Washington, and currently is do, especially since most of their tired from the National Park Ser- an environmental scientist living l contributions cost the NM taxpay- vice, and now works part-time as in Seattle with his wife, Arure. He I ers nothing. A very hearffelt thank a school bus driver. He enjoys is a soccerreferee in his leisure I you! running, hiking, fishing and time. woodwork in his leisure time. t2 Mav 1997 THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO

CHrusrraNNrLrHulrun- AusesETHA. THunsrou-Hrcxs O'CoNNsn(BS 1991) is an elemen- (BS 1987)obtained her MD from tary school teacher of scienceand UNM rnt992. She completed her Spanish in Albuquerque. residency in psychaitry in June, 1996,and becamethe Medical RoonnrcxLUHN (BS t972) re- Director of a community mental ceived his MD from UNM in Drs. JamesL. & SarahChris- health center in Cafron City, CO, 1977, arrd is currently a Navy tiansen in Juty. Sheenjoys bicycling, ski- physician living in Norfolk, VA, Dr. Roger Conant ing and backpacking. with his wife, Betty Ann. Rod's Mr. Modesto del Castillo interests include adolescentsand Dr. Robert W. Dickerman L. Canorr Vrxcuxr (BS 1992)is "intelligent the protection of envi- Dr. ]ennie OzogDuffy married to Robert Wilson and is ronment and species." Elf Atochem North American now living in Redmond, WA. Foundation Carole reports "currently spend- SrrpH.lxrr Mnne (BS84) re- Dr. JacobK. Frenkel ing all my time at home raising ceived a BS in Pharmacy at UNM Dr. William L. Garuron my 3-year-old and 1-year-old rr:.1987.She was a manager at Dr. Ralph J. Guti6rrez children." She also enjoys bird Lovelace's Westside Clinic, but is Mr. David J. Hodge watching and sightseeing; she "Washington now a staff pharmacist position at Mr. George Howlett, Jr. adds, is great!" the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Dr. John P. Hubbard MN. Mr. & Mrs. George Kennedy Hwny C. W^q,rxrNs(BS 1992)is Mr. Andrew J. Kerkhoff a medical student pursuing a Doc- Bnur*rPrnxrn (MS 1984)re- Mr. Kim K. Kleyboecker tor of Osteopathic Medicine in ceived his DVM from Colorado Dr. O. Foster Kline, Jr. California so he can leam to be State University, and is currently Dr. Heidi Maloy "the best and most humanistic a veterinarian in private practice. Dr. Dwight Moore physican" he can be, and adds, in Santa Fe, NM. Dt. Mary Anne Nelson "Thank you for my invaluable Principal Financial Group education." When he is not sfudv- Paur Rorrs (BS 1980)received Dr. Marvin L. Riedesel ing ("almost never-end.ing-),Hen- a BSMT in 1981from UNM and a M".Mury SueRowan ry enjoys skiing, backpacking, PhD in cellular and molecular Dr. Cydney Stewart fishing and other outdoor activi- biology from North Dakota State Mr. Gary L. Strong ties. He also finds time to play University in 1995.He is currently Dr. Randy Thornhill sports, and plays both the acous- a post-doc with the USDA, work- Mr. Daniel J. Warren tic and electric guitar. ing on the nutritional effects on pathology of Coxsackie83 virus, a small, single'strand RNA virus, which is infectious in humans and TnonaasH. Sornrunrncm(BS causes lesions in the heart, pan- 1959)received his MD tnL974 creas and CNS. from the Medical College of Vir- ginia. He is currently a Fellow in Grnlrn P. Roonrcusz (BS 1962) Maternal Fetal Medicine at the has been a physician/gynecologic Washington University School surgeon in Santa Fe, NM, for the of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. past 23 ye.us. He enjoys comput- ers, Internet surfing and travel.

Snunu,lNrgS. SrNcrrroN (BS 1994) is currently a medical stu- dent at UNM. She is married to Rick Marcv.

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Tropical Biology Funil T"t Brolocrcal Socreryof New We would like to accrue enough I Mexico is a tax-exempt organ- principal so that the annual interest Thisfund wasestablished in 1995. ization under the New Mexico could support the program of a The goal is to have an endowment NonprofitCorporation Act and the needy graduate student in Biology. that will help defray the cost that United States Internal Revenue our undergraduate students must Code. The object of the Society is pay when they enroll in courses to establish and maintain endow- that have out-of-state or out-of- ments, trusts, foundations, and country field trips. other funds, all for the purposes of encouraging, fostering, and pur- Museum of Southwestern suing excellence in education in Biology-Mammals the Department of Biology at The The purpose of this account is to University of New Mexico. support all aspectsof mammalog- Tax-exempt gifts may be given ical researchconducted by UNM with designation to be used for Biology faculty and graduate stu- specific purposes, such as those dents. This fund was developed identified below, as long as the by Drs. Jim Findley and Terry purpose fits the objectivesof pur- Yates to supplement state-appro- suing excellencein biological ed- priations and enhance research ucation and researchat UNM. and teaching in mammalogy pro- Donations and annual member- Ctawforil Rio Granile 8rams. ship fees, unless otherwise speci- Scholarship fied, are placed in our Untesfuict- Museum of Southuestern eil Gift Account. These funds are Dr. Clifford Crawford'sstrong in- Biology-Ornithology terest in the fate of New Mexico's used primarily to support both Established by Dr. Robert Dicker- central waterway and its riparian undergraduate and graduate stu- man, the purpose of this account forest has led him, on his retire- dent recruitment, research, travel is to support all aspects of orni- ment in L994,to establish a means to meetings to present papers, thological researchby UNM Biol- of funding UNM graduate stu- spring graduation, and awards ogy faculty and graduate students. dents whose research addresses for teaching excellence. In addi- this important tion, we have many other accounts topic. Arrangements for donations to that may be of special interest to other MSB divisions can be made you. Rieilesel Phy siology Funil with the MSB Director, Dr. Howard Snell. Dr. Marvin "Bud" Riedesel estab- L.D. Potter Eniloued Chair lished this fund upon his retire- Faculty Excellence Funil in Plant Ecology ment in 1994 for plant or animal This chair, named in the honor of physiology researchand teaching We started this fund to support Loren D. Potter, who retired in equipment. faculty travel to professional meet- 1.985,recognizes and highlights ings where they present the re- the importance of plant ecological Rosalie F. Doolittle sults of their work. Scholarship in Botany studies as they pertain to our nat- Membership ural resources.The current holder This scholarship was established Any of the Potter Chair is Dr. Diane L. in 1994by Mrs. Rosalie Doolittle, person contributing $20 or moreannually becomesa member Marshall. a well-known gardening expert of on the arid southwest. This schol- the Society and will receive the annual BSNM newsletter. Melinila Bealmear arship is awarded annually to an Scholarship outstanding New Mexico resident An urunrnsrups & coNTRrBUTroNs Melinda Bealmear was a staff mem- majoring in biology with an em- ARE TAX EXEMPT. ber in our Main Office, who died in phasis in botany, and may be a tragic car accidentinOctober 1986. awarded to the same undergrad- Our graduate students, faculty and uate student in successivesemes- staff, along with help from her par- ters until graduation. ents Dorothy and Dale, established a scholarship fund in her memory. t4 May L997 THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO

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