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 .
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Charlene Simpson
Charlene Simpson wears many hats: mother and grandmother, community committee person, and avid lay botanist. Her botanical interest dates back to childhood Camp Fire Girl projects and a dad whose motto was always “I brake for wildflowers.” Family and career obligations, however, restricted serious pursuit of botany in her early years. Although born in Colorado,…
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Rhoda Love
A.genuine north-westerner, born and educated in Seattle, Rhoda Love claims she discovered her botanical calling in 1951 during a University of Washington botany class with C.L. Hitchcock. “Hitchy was inspiring. I had a superb education at Washington and will always be grateful to the many fine professors who taught me there,” she says. After graduation…
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Frank Lang
Frank Lang served three terms as president of NPSO (1985-1986, 1979-1981), was a “Founding Father” of the Siskiyou Chapter (1977), co-edited the Bulletin from 1979-1981, and was the first editor of Kalmiopsis (1991- 1994). He has won many awards for his research, publications and volunteer work, including 1990 “Volunteer of the Year” for The Nature…
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Karl Urban
“A flower is an exquisite thing, beautiful and delicate, a harbinger of hope for the green world that lets us all survive.” – Karl Urban, 1983 Karl was born June 6, 1943 in Kimberly, Idaho. In 1962 he entered the botany program at the University of Idaho, earning both BS and MS degrees. In 1968…
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Kenton Chambers
Biography and Botany Some Perspectives In her request for autobiographical remarks, our editor told me to “keep it brief.” I’ll do my best, but please remember the directions for that Mechanical Professor toy, “Wind it up, and it gives a lecture.” My reasons for choosing botanical taxonomy as a career are several. Firstly, I like…
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Wilbur Bluhm
The NPSO Fellows Committee and the Board of Directors have chosen Wilbur Bluhm and Kenton L. Chambers to become Fellows of the Native Plant Society of Oregon, our organization’s highest honor. The awards will be presented at this summer’s Annual Meeting. Wilbur Bluhm was born in Seward, Nebraska and took his Bachelor’s Degree at the…