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Index of Subjects On 11/7/2010 9:49 AM, joan waldron wrote: > Thank you for posting this Peter. Fred & John are brilliant people who > contributed so much to our knowledge of the natural world. * one of John's brilliant ideas is driving roads at night in the fall to find Four-toed Salamanders on the roads, in order to establish their range on a firmer basis than that of going-to-the-kinds-of-places-where-they're-known-to-breed-and-looking-for-them-there. For anyone who values beauty and excitement, with a certain element of danger thrown in, this is a wonderful way to contribute to knowledge of the distribution of both this enigmatic Salamander and other species, and I'm sure John would welcome collaborators in this quest. fred schueler. ============================================================ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Peter Payzant > *Sent:* Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:06 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* [NatureNS] Scott and Gilhen Honored by Acadia > > Hi, all- > > Those of you who know, or know of, Fred Scott and John Gilhen will be > pleased to hear that they were both honored by Acadia University at a > special convocation today. Fred and John received honorary Doctor of > Science degrees. > > The citations were presented by Don McAlpine of the New Brunswick > Museum, and the degrees were conferred by President and Vice-Chancellor > Ray Ivany, and Vice-President Academic Tom Herman. > > It's entirely appropriate that these two remarkable scientists have been > recognized for their lifetime of service to natural history, especially > Nova Scotia natural history. Congratulations, Fred and John! > > Peter Payzant > > p.s. I've posted a few photos here <http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/doctors>. > > > -- fred schueler ------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition - http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------
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