Fellows

The NPSO Fellows Award recognizes individual members for their exceptional contributions to the Society. The guidelines for nomination are available online or by request from the Fellows Committee at fe*****@np*******.org.

  • Barbara Mumblo

    Barbara Mumblo

    Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum Barb Mumblo’s family lived in five different states (never more than five years at any location) during her father’s US Air Force career. In 1975 she found her forever home in Oregon when she and her 6-year-old daughter visited Oregon. She was inspired to go back…

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  • Frances Stilwell

    Frances Stilwell

    Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum Frances Stilwell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and received a BA in botany from the University of Cincinnati, specializing in taxonomy of plants of southwestern Ohio. She received an MS in botany/biophysics at the same institution under a Public…

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  • Esther McEvoy

    Esther McEvoy

    Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum Esther Helen Gruber McEvoy earned a BA in Art from Lewis and Clark College in 1974 and a BS from Portland State University (PSU) in 1978. During the late 1970s she worked as a teaching assistant in two locations: a botany class at PSU and field…

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  • Bruce Newhouse

    Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum Bruce Newhouse has had a lifelong love affair with Oregon’s native plants, animals and habitats. As a long-time member of the Native Plant Society of Oregon, Bruce has made major contributions to the conservation of Oregon’s flora while also helping to raise awareness of the importance…

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  • Cindy Talbott Roche

    Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum Through our associations with Cindy as editor of Kalmiopsis, the three of us (Kareen Sturgeon, Frank Lang, and Frank Callahan) have come to know her as a valued friend and colleague, and we enthusiastically nominate her to be a Fellow of the Native Plant Society of Oregon….

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  • Jim Duncan

    Jim Duncan

    Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum The Siskiyou Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon (NPSO) nominates Jim Duncan for NPSO Fellow, in recognition of all the service he has given at both the Chapter and State levels during the past 22 years. Jim has selflessly and cheerfully shared countless hours…

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