Thanks for expressing what I think we all feel, Jan. Geoff Patton, Ph.D.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Jan Ygberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ecologgers > > My most sincere congratulations to Dr Inouye for his election as President > of the Board of Directors of the Ecological Society of America this > important anniversary year. > > Very well deserved indeed > > Jan Ygberg > > Lima Peru > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Liza Lester <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ESA members have elected David Inouye, a plant ecologist and professor > > emeritus of the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, > > College Park, to lead the Society as president of the board of directors > > for the 2014-15 year. Inouye stepped into the post this August at the > 99th > > Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society. > > > > "I'm greatly honored to be leading the ESA as it reaches its 100th > > anniversary. I've been a member for over four decades, since I was a > > graduate student, and have watched and participated as the Society has > > grown in membership, number and prestige of journals published, size of > its > > annual meeting, and all other metrics of success," said Inouye. > > > > "The Washington, D.C. office provides a valuable service to government > and > > other organizations by making the expertise of its membership available > for > > advice on ecological issues, and we have an excellent educational program > > that is helping to train a diverse next generation of ecologists. We will > > also expand our international impact this year as we jointly publish a > new > > journal with the Ecological Society of China. I look forward to the next > > century of growth and success by the Society," Inouye said." > > > > Inouye's pollinator and wildflower research has encompassed pollination > > biology, flowering phenology, plant demography and plant-animal > > interactions in both the US and abroad since 1971. Over his 44-year > tenure > > at the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab near Crested Butte, Colorado, Inouye > > has discovered that the wildflower growing season has increased by 35 > days > > since the 1970s. His long-term studies of flowering phenology and plant > > demography are providing insights into the effects of climate change at > > high altitudes. > > > > He is a lead author for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity > and > > Ecosystem Services (IPBES) fast-track assessment of pollinators, > > pollination and food production, sits on the governing boards of the > North > > American Pollinator Protection Campaign and the USA-National Phenology > > Network, is a is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Roundtable > on > > Public Information in the Life Sciences, and serves on numerous > scientific > > publication editorial boards. > > > > Inouye has taught courses in ecology and conservation biology at UMD and > > also instructed at the University of Colorado's Mountain Research > Station, > > the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, and with the Organization for > > Tropical Studies. > > > > > > > http://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-the-news/news-events/david-inouye-elected-esa-president-for-the-societys-100th-year/ > > >
