1948 Original Full Time River Survey Crew
Dr. Ruth Patrick - my mentor
Dr. William (Bill) Yongue, Jr.
OWLS Luncheon at Showalter
From left: John Wallace (algologist), Tom Dolan (entomologist), Ruth Patrick (founder of the Limnology Dept.), Chuck Wurtz (invertebrate zoologist), Jackson Ward (chemist) and John Cairns (protozoologist)
Using the original Hart, Doudoroff, Greenbank on which the first standard toxicity testing method was developed. A gift from Dr. W. B. Hart. He aslo trained me to use the equipment. It was my entrance to the field of environmental toxicology (now ecotoxicology).
Testing new apparatus for swimming speed after exposure to toxicants.
Early toxicity testing using aquatic organisms at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Dr. Charles (Chuck) Wurtz, invertebrate zoologist, Ms. Fainie Lynn Carter, chemist and me in the early 1950's. The pipe helped set the time.
Speaking at a chemical conference.
Ken Dickson, one of the grad students who helped set up the University Center for Environmental and Hazardous Materials Studies.
May 13, 1980. Not your average lecture series - student organized. "Suppression of Creativity in Academe"
Speaking at the Virginia Extension Service Association Professional Improvement Conference on May 16, 1973.
Colleague, friend and former grad student.
From Left: Tom Jenssen, Richard Walker, Bruce Parker, John Cairns, Ernie Stout, Bill Claus, Bob Jones and Steve Scheckler
