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Warder Clyde Allee, 1885-1955 University of Chicago from 1900 to 1903; served as Curator of the University of Michigan from 1903 to 1906 and as Director of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History during 1906-1907. From 1908 to 1914, he served as associate in animal ecology at the University of Illinois. In 1914, he became Assistant Professor of Forest Zoology at the New York State College of Forestry, and was appointed Professor in 1916. In 1919, he became Director of the Roose velt Wildlife Forest Experiment Station, and he served in this dual capacity until 1926. From 1926 to his retirement in 1943, he held the position of Director of the New York State Museum. One of Dr. Adams' first papers, published in 1892 while still an under graduate, bore the title "Mollusks as catfish food." One of his last contribu tions (1940) was the introduction to a "Symposium on the relation of ecology to human welfare." The two titles, published nearly fifty years apart, il lustrate the breadth of the man's interests and his conviction that in the ecological point of view lies the key to the understanding of the world of nature. He early became interested in plant and animal geography and be tween 1902 and 1905 published several papers on "centers of distribution" in North America. Later came papers on specific problems of ecology on Isle Royale. As time went on his interests turned also to problems of human ecology. "At present ecology is a science with its facts out of all proportion to their organization or integration/' Dr. Adams wrote in his well-known Guide to the Study of Animal Ecology which appeared in 1913. His half century of work in the field accomplished much in the organization of the science and the development of dynamic concepts. Dr. Adams was a member of the Ecological Society of America and served as president in 1923. He was one of a group of about twenty plant and animal ecologists who met in Philadelphia late in 1914 and laid plans which resulted in the establishment of the Society the next year. He was also a member of the Society of Naturalists, the Society of Mammalogists, the History of Science Society, the Association of Geographers, and the British Ecological Society. Committee on Resolutions: W. G. Moore New Orleans, Louisiana A. J. Sharp June 27, 1955 W. A. Eggler, Chairman Warder Clyde Allee 1885-1955 The death of Warder Clyde Allee, on March 18, 1955, terminated the distinguished career of one of our outstanding students of animal ecology and behavior. Born near Bloomingdale, Indiana, on June 5, 1885, Dr. Allee attended Earlham College, which granted him the A.B. degree in 1908. Fol lowing this he pursued graduate study in zoology at the University of Chicago under the direction of Dr. Victor E. Shelford and was awarded the Ph.D. degree in 1912. Allee served on the faculties of the University of Illinois, Williams Col lege, the University of Oklahoma, and Lake Forest College before returning to the University of Chicago in 1921. He was made professor of zoology at Chicago in 1928 and continued in that capacity until his retirement in 1950. At this time he accepted the call to serve as chairman of the department of biology at the University of Florida, a position he held at the time of his death. In the early part of his career he taught for several summers at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and for the rest of his life spent most of his summers working and writing there. During his ?99? This content downloaded from 128.95.104.109 on Fri, 06 Apr 2018 01:52:41 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms long career he directed the graduate work of a large number of students, many of whom now occupy important positions in the field. Allee's researches were chiefly concerned with the analysis of the physi cal factors of the environment and with cooperative behavior in animals and its evolution. He was the author of a large number of research papers on these subjects and was the author or co-author of a number of well known books, including Animal Aggregations, The Social Life of Animals, Ecological Animal Geography and Principles of Animal Ecology. For many years he served as editor of Physiological Zoology. In 1940, he was awarded an honorary LL.D. from Earlham College where he had served as a member of the board of trustees for a number of years. He was presi dent of the Ecological Society of America in 1929, president of the American Society of Zoologists in 1936, and vice-president (Section F) of the AAAS in 1942. During the last 25 years of his life, Dr. Allee was confined to a wheel chair with his legs and lower abdomen paralyzed, due to the removal of a benign tumor from his spinal cord. In spite of this, he carried on a regular schedule of teaching, research, lecturing, attendance at meetings and ad ministrative duties. To the students and colleagues who worked with him and to many others who knew him well, W. C. Allee's strong will to live and carry on in spite of great physical handicap has served, and will continue to serve, as a source of great inspiration. Crawfordsville, Indiana Willis H. Johnson MEETING WITH THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE Atlanta, Georgia December 26-31, 1955 The Ecological Society of America will meet in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Atlanta, Georgia, December 26-31, 1955. The Atlanta Municipal Auditorium will be the focal point of the AAAS meetings, with nearby hotels, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Atlanta University providing facilities for ses sions and also for housing. Detailed housing information and a coupon for room reservations will appear in Science and The Scientific Monthly begin ning in July and the headquarters of each section and participating society will be announced in these journals. The Ecological Society plans a program which will be jointly, in part, with the Botanical Society of America, Southeastern Section, and with Sections F and G of the AAAS meetings. There will be exhibits of ecological instrumentation of interest to both physical and biological scientists, a field trip to Stone Mountain, and sessions for contributed papers. Call for Papers Contributed (volunteered) papers may be presented. The time limit is fifteen minutes. Members who wish to present papers should send the fol lowing information to the program chairman, Dr. Eugene P. Odum, Depart ment of Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, as soon as possible. 1. Name of author, institutional affiliation, and address. 2. Title of paper. 3. Projector or other facilities needed. 4. Two copies of a typewritten (double space) abstract not to exceed 150 words. 5. Time required (not more than 15 minutes). ?100? This content downloaded from 128.95.104.109 on Fri, 06 Apr 2018 01:52:41 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms.
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