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Document Type
General Interest Article
Abstract
Duane Isely, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Botany, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, died on 6 December 2000. Dr. Isely was an outstanding plant taxonomist with expertise in other fields as well, especially in seed technology and weed identification and control. He was born in Bentonville, Arkansas, on 24 October 1918 into a family of academicians. His father, Dwight Isely, was professor and later Dean of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas, and his mother, Blessie Elise Dort Isely, also taught at the University of Arkansas and eventually received her Ph.D.
Publication Date
June 2001
Journal Title
Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
108
Issue
2
First Page
64
Last Page
69
Copyright
© Copyright 2001 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
EN
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Welsh, Stanley L. and Lewis, Deborah Q.
(2001)
"Duane Isely (1918-2000): A Tribute,"
Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 108(2), 64-69.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol108/iss2/5
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