In Memoriam: Larry Eilers

Authors

Paul A. Christiansen, Cornell CollegeFollow

Document Type

General Interest Article

Abstract

Larry came to botany along an unusual route. His first college degree was in engineering. After a stint at secondary teaching Larry worked at Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids, then returned to UNI (SCI then) and took a master's degree in biology, He continued his study at the University of Iowa under Dr. Robert Thorne and took his Ph.D. in 1964. He did the flora of the Iowan Surface (the Iowan Drift in those days). He taught at Syracuse University and University of Indiana at Terra Haute before joining the faculty of the University of Northern Iowa.

Publication Date

June 2001

Journal Title

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

108

Issue

2

First Page

72

Last Page

72

Copyright

© Copyright 2001 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Christiansen, Paul A. (2001) "In Memoriam: Larry Eilers," Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 108(2), 72-72.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol108/iss2/7