Bio – Rossbach, George Bowyer

Rossbach,George 1951
Early days at WVWC

Born: October 26, 1910 (Belfast, Waldo County, ME)

Died: January 24,2002 (Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV)


Education:

    • B.S. Harvard University, 1933
    • M.S. Harvard University, 1934
    • Ph.D. Stanford University, 1941

Served:

  • Curator of the Herbarium 1949-76

Taught:

    • Professor of Biology 1949-76
    • Professor of Biology and Curator of the Herbarium, Emeritus 1976-02

Notes:

  • Taught Biology at William and Mary for three years before coming to West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1949.
  • His avid collection of plant specimens began very early in life. There are a number of his early collections in the Herbarium at Wesleyan, collected as early as 15 years old.

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PLM 4/6/2019