Memories and Tributes

I graduated from Alma College in 1974 with a BS in Biology. I had Dr. Roeper as my teacher/professor for Plant Morphology (7-8 students) and, I believe, Plant Taxonomy; both classes were in 1974, the latter class was a spring class. At that time, the Bog was referred to as the MacCurdy Ecological Tract (presumably named after the person or family that donated the property to the college). I enjoyed working with Dr. Roeper and I appreciated his expertise in botanical science. He was almost a brand new professor in the Biology Department at that time. His enthusiasm for Biology in general contributed to my lifelong personal immersion in the fields of Plant Taxonomy, specifically woody plants, Agrostology (the grasses), Ornithology and Entomology. I owe him and all the Alma College Biology Professors during my four years there (Roeper, Edgar, Eyer, Wittle, and Kapp) a debt of gratitude for their role in making the pursuit of knowledge in the biological sciences so important to me to this day.