WALTER WOELBER DALQUEST: 1917–2000
| Autor: | Frederick B. Stangl, Norman V. Horner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Mammalogy. 82:604-612 |
| ISSN: | 1545-1542 0022-2372 |
| DOI: | 10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<0604:wwd>2.0.co;2 |
| Popis: | Walter Woelber Dalquest, Emeritus Professor of Biology at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas (Festschrift photo, age 67) On 27 September 2000, Dr. Walter Woelber Dalquest lost his battle with Parkinson's disease. Walt's first wife of 52 years, Peggy, preceded him in death in January 1992. Survivors include his wife of 8 years, Rose; a daughter, Linda Schultz; her husband, Mike; a stepson, Richard Carpenter, and his wife, Marianna; 3 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren. Walter was born 11 September 1917 in Seattle, Washington, to Nils Walter and Florence (Woelber) Dalquest. Both sets of grandparents were emigrants from Sweden. He received his B.S. in 1940 and M.S. in 1941 from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. in 1951 from Louisiana State University under the direction of Dr. George Lowery. Walt was an intensely private and self-deprecating man who modestly described himself as a “rat-stuffer,” as a “bone-digger,” and as one who “knew a little about a lot of things but very little about any one thing.” Those of us fortunate enough to spend time with him knew better. His breadth of knowledge reflected an academic background that included biology, geology, and biochemistry. He had a teaching repertoire that included human anatomy and physiology, general zoology, comparative vertebrate anatomy, field zoology, limnology, ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, vertebrate paleontology, wildlife management, and history and literature of the biological sciences. Walt taught each course without notes and always started his classes exactly where he stopped the previous lecture. Every field trip was a lesson in geologic formations and the lives and natural histories of any vertebrate or invertebrate that came into view. His publication record ran the gamut from geology to fishes and mammals, both fossil and extant. As a young naturalist, Walt was influenced by the field efforts and published works … |
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