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Phycological Newsletter a Publication of the Phycological Society of America PHYCOLOGICAL NEWSLETTER A PUBLICATION OF THE PHYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Volume 39 Number 2 Summer/Fall 2003 Editors: INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Alison R. Sherwood Morgan L. Vis Dept. of Botany Env. & Plant Biology PSA Awards of Excellence 1 Univ. of Hawaii Ohio University Awards 3 Honolulu, HI 96822 Athens, OH 45701 Phycological Trailblazer 4 Email: [email protected] No. 19 Dawson Turner Meeting Announcements 7 Bold Award and NWAS poster award 8 PSA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE “The Name Game” - Ralph Lewin 8 Obituaries 9 ANNOUNCED PSA 2003 annual meeting in Oregon 10 New Book 11 The recipients of the 2003 Awards of Excellence are Announcements 11 Isabella Abbott (Department of Botany, University of Ha- PSA 2004 announcement 12 waii, Honolulu, Hawaii ), Gary L. Floyd (Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH) and Karen Steidinger (Florida Institute of Marine Sciences). of a milestone in phycological studies on the west coast, the This Award has been established to recognize phycolo- “Marine Algae of California,” a floristic account that is still gists who have demonstrated sustained scholarly contri- the “bible” for phycologists working from Baja California, butions in, and impact on the field of phycology over their Mexico to British Columbia. It was also during this time careers. These individuals have also provided service to that Izzie with George Hollenberg, Peter Dixon and others, PSA as well as other phycological societies. began teaching a summer phycology class at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station. This class proved to be a major Isabella Aiona Abbott breeding ground for developing phycologists, many of Since the beginning of her professional career in 1941, whom to this day credit Izzie for inspiring them towards a initially with William Randolph Taylor for her Masters career in phycology.” Izzie also initiated an important Degree and completing her Ph.D. with George F. Papenfuss series of workshops, with the assistance of NOAA’s Sea in 1950, she has been an inspiration and mentor to many Grant College Program, and has produced many generations of phycologists. Steve Murray in his letter of publications on the “Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds.” nomination refers to “Izzie,” as she is known to her friends, For many, her work on the “Marine Algae of California” as one of a handful of individuals that have impacted would have been enough, however, after returning to her marine phycology and the careers of so many phycologists. Hawaii, she received an appointment as the Wilder Many of her colleagues believe her to be one of the most Professor of Botany at the University of Hawaii. She prolific and influential American phycologists. Izzie’s immediately began working on the flora of the Hawaiian career began to blossom after she received a Lectureship Islands and over the past 23 years, she has provided an and Research Associate position at Stanford University in inspiration to her native Hawaiians. Izzie has, and the late 1950s. At that time Izzie was not able to receive a continues, to publish on the Hawaiian algal flora. This work tenure-track appointment because her husband, Donald is considered to have had an enormous impact on the Abbott, was a Stanford professor. Nevertheless, Izzie began taxonomy of economic seaweeds and ethnobotany from the to establish her “first” career working on the marine algae Pacific region. However, it is not just her publication record of the Monterey Peninsula and eventually was given her (over 160 publications, eight books on marine flora and due – appointment to Professor. She was the first woman ethnobotany) that makes Izzie Abbott so special; it is also involved in the US-Japan Cooperative Science Program. her warmth, her caring manner, and her willingness to teach Her first major contribution on marine algae of the Pacific and nurture budding phycologists. Izzie’s professional region was a supplement with George J. Hollenberg to contributions have not gone unnoticed. To her credit, she Gilbert M. Smith’s renowned “Marine Algae of the Monterey has received numerous awards including: the Peninsula.” This led several years later to the publication Distinguished Ethnobotanist award given by the Society of 1 Economic Botany (2001), the ARCS Scientist of the Year Karen Steidinger (2000), the prestigious G.M. Smith Medal awarded by Since the beginning of her professional career in 1963, the US National Academy of Sciences (1997), the a career that has revealed a passion to study the Botanical Society of America’s Darbaker Prize (1969) and systematics, ecology and oceanography of dinoflagellates, Merit Award of The Phycological Society of America she has dedicated her life to the study of Florida Red- (1995), and the Ford Foundation’s Award for Research tide dinoflagellates. According to Pat Tester, Dave Millie in China (1987). It is at this time that the Phycological and Don Anderson, she was among the first to recognize Society of America bestows its highest honor on Professor the importance of dinoflagellate resting stages in the Isabella Aiona Abbott for her lifetime achievements in dynamics of red tides. Her work on Gymnodinium breve phycology – the PSA Award of Excellence. (now, Karenia brevis), is legendary as she was the first to breakdown red tides into a logical series of stages that Gary L. Floyd could be studied in isolation as well as in sequence- Louise Lewis wrote that Gary Floyd, Professor of namely bloom initiation, development and decline. She Biology and Dean Emeritus at Ohio State University, has is considered by her colleagues as the “gold standard in had a remarkable career. Gary is one of those very rare matters concerning Karenia brevis, as well as other harmful individuals who exemplifies excellence in all three key algae.” She is “matriarch of the US if not global areas of academics: scientific research, teaching and dinoflagellate taxonomy, or as Tom Malone referred to service. He has had a major impact on the shaping the her as the “Queen of Harmful Algal Blooms.” It was her current paradigm concerning the evolution of green algae. dedication to public outreach while being the Director of Over the past three decades, Gary with the help of his the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) and her students and collaborators, has provided essential ability to clearly define the issues surrounding red tide evidence to support various patterns of phylogeny science, that has enabled Karen to effectively provide among the green algae using ultrastructural and counsel to the US House of Representatives in the biochemical studies. As new molecular technologies development of legislation that became the historical emerged, he embraced these technologies as a “means of framework for the US federal mandated programs known discovery” and added new insights using genetics and as Ecology & Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms gene sequencing in studying the evolution of the green (ECOHAB) and Monitoring & Event Response of algae. During his remarkable career, Gary mentored no Harmful Algal Blooms (MERHAB). She is the President less than 20 Masters and Ph.D. students, 6 postdoctoral of the International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae scholars and was a member of over 105 graduate (ISSHA), has served on the editorial boards of the Journal committees (70 doctoral and 35 Masters). He has received of Phycology and the American Microscopical Society. both of Ohio State’s most prestigious faculty awards, one She also received the Florida Academy of Sciences for his scholarship and the other for his teaching. He Medalist of the Year Award (1983). Her colleagues have also received the Darbaker Prize from the Botanical Society all recognized her “love for training of students and of America in 1993 and was the Dean of Life sciences at young scientists, the tireless involvement with academic Ohio State University. In addition to serving our Society colleagues, federal and state agency programs and as a National Lecturer, he served on our Board of Trustees scientific societies and committees that qualify her the and many other committees, as well as initiating and for the Phycological Society of America’s Award of giving oversight to the PSA slide collection. In the Excellence. classroom, Gary stimulated the curiosity of his students by presenting lectures that were challenging, creative and engaging. He taught all his students on “how to do science, how to present scientific information, how to teach so that every lecture is stimulating and on the cutting edge of knowledge.” He was a master teacher with charm and wit par excellence. With a love of science and his quest to learn and serve future generations, Gary and his wife, Myrna, have established endowed fellowships for students interested in middle school science education at the University of Northern Iowa. Gary has demonstrated the very essence of what it is to be nominated for an award of professional excellence. He has enriched the academic and scientific environment for everyone in the field of phycology. Drs Druehl, Selivanova and Abbott enjoying the poster session at PSA 2003 2 PSA Student Grants for 2003 Grants-in-Aid of Research: A total of six grants of $1,000 each were awarded to the following students to support their research: Michael Boller -Drag generation in flexible rocky shore macrophytes Brian P. Kinlan - Linking environmental forcing, dispersal and patch dynamics in kelp forest communities Hilary A. McManus - Phylogenetic relationships within Participants and organizers of the 2003 PSA the family Hydrodictyaceae (Chlorophyceae, Bold Award Student Session, at the annual Chlorophyta) meeting at Gleneden Beach, Oregon. Ines Sunesan - Diatoms from coastal environments of Buenos Aires Province. Taxonomical analysis of the DARBAKER PRIZE IN PHYCOLOGY genera that include species involved in harmful algal blooms AWARDED TO JOHN MEEKS Eric C. Dinger - Stromatolite trophic relationships: Fish, The Phycological Section, Botanical Society of America, invertebrates and algae is proud to announce that John C.
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