---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Revelez, Marcia A. <mreve...@ou.edu> Date: Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:30 PM Subject: [NHCOLL-L:5688] Status of the University of Memphis Collection of Mammals To: "nhcol...@lists.yale.edu" <nhcol...@lists.yale.edu>
Integration of the University of Memphis Collection of Mammals into the Collection of Mammals of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History The Collection of Mammals (MSUMZ) of the University of Memphis contained ca. 23,000 specimens collected over the past 50 years. The collection grew under the care of Dr. Michael L. Kennedy, who is professor of biology at the University of Memphis, and represents nearly 40 years of his life’s work. Dr. Kennedy became Assistant Professor at the UM in 1976 and has trained more than 50 doctoral and masters students and mentored a large number of undergraduate students using the collection. His training and mentoring of students, which continues today, was recognized in 1990 when he was awarded the Robert L. Packard Outstanding Educator Award from the Southwestern Association of Naturalists. In August 2011, the MSUMZ collection was orphaned and specimens and associated documentation were transferred to the Collection of Mammals (OMNH) at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK. The SNM will provide strong institutional support and an optimum archival environment for the conservation and preservation of the collection. This project will safeguard the largest scientific collection of Tennessee mammals (ca. 75% of the estimated known scientific specimens for the state of Tennessee)—an important research resource and biological heritage. The collection will be integrated (cataloged, digitized, curated, and installed) over the next 3 years. This project is made possible by a grant from the Improvements to Biological Research Collections Program of the National Science Foundation (DBI-1057439). For additional information, please contact Dr. Janet K. Braun (jkbr...@ou.edu), Dr. Michael A. Mares mama...@ou.edu), or Marcia A. Revelez (mreve...@ou.edu). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marcia A. Revelez Collection Manager Department of Mammalogy Division of Collections and Research Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History University of Oklahoma 2401 Chautauqua Norman, OK 73072 Phone: 405-325-7988 Fax: 405-325-7699 -- Malcolm L. McCallum Oceania University of Medicine Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
