by Herb Wright
with additions to the list by Amy Myrbo
The incentive for these historical notes comes from the initiative of Geoff Seltzer to assemble as many of the LRC alumni and alumnae as could be found on short notice for a photograph on the steps of Pillsbury Hall on the occasion of the American Quaternary Association meeting in June. Everyone was arrayed chronologically on the steps, and a list was compiled with names and periods of tenure. I thought it would be interesting to provide some notes to supplement the bare chronology, and to add the names of those graduate students and post-docs in or near the LRC who frequented Pillsbury Hall and who are not represented in the photograph.
The LRC was preceded by the pollen laboratory, initiated in 1956 by a grant from the Hill Family Foundation. In 1959 the LRC was established by a separate grant from the Hill Family Foundation, and in 1963 the pollen laboratory was incorporated within it. The pollen laboratory revolved in successive years around the year-long visits of experienced paleoecologists from European laboratories, starting with Magnus Fries from Sweden and followed by Saskia Jelgersma from The Netherlands, Willem van Zeist from The Netherlands, Bill Watts from Ireland, Roel Janssen from The Netherlands, Maj-Britt Florin from Sweden, Krystyna Wasylikowa and Kazik Wasylik from Poland, Johanna and Eberhard Gruger from Germany, Elizabeth Haworth from England, John and Hilary Birks from England, and (in later years) Rick Battarbee from England, Svante Bjorck from Sweden, and Jan Janssens from Belgium via Canada. Several of these persons returned in subsequent years, notably Bill Watts, Roel Janssen, John Birks, and Svante Bjorck. Foreign visitors for several months included Richard West and Kevin Edwards (England), Jan Mangerud (Norway), Norio Fuji (Japan), Alojz Sercelj (Yugoslavia), and Pan Mao (China). On the neolimnological side, Gunilla Lindmark came from Sweden, Dragica Matulova from Czechoslovakia, Nils BoJensen from Norway, and Victoria Okusami from Nigeria. This foreign flavor was supplemented by students from Ireland (Alan Craig, Norman Allott, Henry Lamb, Joan Lennon, Roger Dutton), Japan (Junko Ogawa), Finland (Liisa Koivo), Canada (Vern Rampton), Sweden (Kerstin Griff1n, Elisabeth Almgren, Karin Ahlberg), The Netherlands (Rik Jansen), Belgium (Dirk Verschuren), and Russia (Elena Litchman). In the last few years with the coming of Kerry Kelts from Switzerland as director, the foreign contingent has included post-docs from Spain (Blas Valero-Garces), Switzerland (Antje Schwalb, Essaid Zeroual), France (Babette Truze), and Canada (Brian Cumming), as well as students from China (Juanjuan Xia, Jun-Qing Yu, Zhigang Gong, Yue Han). Non-foreign post-docs have included Ed Cushing, Bob Megard, Linda Shane, Paul Glaser, Dan Engstrom, Sheri Fritz, John Bradbury, Mel Whiteside, Dick Brugam, Tom Crisman, John Kingston, Brian Haskell, Michael Rosen, Amy Leventer, and FengSheng Hu. Jean Waddington managed the pollen laboratory for many years before Linda Shane, who has passed the torch on to Dawn Graber, the current lab manager. Tom Johnson of the Geology faculty was closely affiliated with the LRC just before moving to Duluth, and Emi Ito has recently beccome an active member. Of course many other were associated witht the LRC over the years, such as technicians, secretaries, administrative assistants, undergraduate helpers, and many of these were critical for the social ambience.
In the following list, the dates were provided by those present or were extracted from annual reports of the LRC or other sources. Current locations are given where known. Any corrections and up-dating would be appreciated.
POLLEN LABORATORY AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER, 1956-1994
H.E. Wright 1956 - UMN
Ed Cushing 1956 – Ecology UMN, retired
Jock McAndrews 1957-63 ROM, Toronto, retired
Magnus Fries 1958-59 (Deceased)
Harvey Patten 1958-61 -Covington, La.
Tom Winter 1958-62 - USGS, Denver
Lou Maher 1958-61- Geol. U. Wis., retired
Anne McKnight Bent 1958-61 - Raleigh, North Carolina
Bob Bright 1958-63 - (Deceased)
Saskia Jelgersma 1959-60 - Geological Survey of The Netherlands
Dick Baker 1960-64 - Geol., U. Iowa, retired
Willem van Zeist 1960-61 - Inst. Biol. Archaeology, Groningen, The Netherlands
Richard West 1960 - Botany School, Cambridge U.
Bill Watts 1961 - - Botany , Trinity College, Dublin, retired
Barbara Hansen 1961 -
Red Watson 1961-63 - Washington U.
Roel Janssen 1962-64 - Lab. Palaeobotany, U. Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tom Shay 1962-70 - Anthropology, U. Manitoba
Bob Megard 1962-66 - Ecology , U. Minn., retired
Kerstin Olson Griffin 1963-68 - Museum of Archaeology, Stavanger, Norway
Henry Quade 1963-65 - Biol., Mankato State U., Minnesota
Joe Shapiro 1964 -2000, retired
Maj-Britt Florin 1964-65 (deceased)
Vern Rampton 1964-69 - Terrain Analysis and Mapping Services, Carp, Ontario
Krystyna Wasylikowa 1964-65 - Polish Acad. Sci., Krakow
Kazik Wasylik 1965 - Jagiellonian U., Krakow, Poland (deceased)
Alan Jacobs 1965 - Pittsburgh
Jean Waddington 1965-74 - Minneapolis
Elizabeth Haworth 1966-67 - Freshwater Biol. Assoc., Ambleside, England
Donna Stark 1966-71 - Lakeland, Florida
Jim Yanko 1966 - Chicago
Bob Carlson 1966-72 - Biol. , Kent State U.
Johanna Gruger 1967-69 - Gottingen, Ger.
Junko Ogawa 1967 - Kyoto, Japan
Liz Haworth 1967 - Freshwater Biological Association, Windermere, England
Liisa Koivo 1967-70 - U. Tampere, Finland
Eberhard Gruger 1968-69 - Inst. Palynology, U. Gottingen, Germany
Alan Craig 1968 - National Parks and Monuments, Dublin, Ireland
Mel Whiteside 1968 - Biol. , U. Minn. Duluth
Al Swain 1968-72 - Madison, Wisconsin
David Adam 1968 - USGS, Menlo Park, Calif.
Steve Tarapchak - 1968-73
Judy Barrett 1968-69 - Fond du Lac, Wis.
Steve Anthony 1968-71 - Minneapolis
John Platt Bradbury 1968-73 - USGS, Denver (deceased)
Paul Glaser 1968 -
Gail Garrison 1968-70
Donna Amundson 1969-74 - MD, Minneapolis
Chris Synerholm 1969-72 - California
Fletcher Driscoll 1969-75 - Geraghty and Miller, Minneapolis
Dragica Matulova 1969-70 - Prague
Kay Baker 1970-73
Rocky Colingsworth 1970-72
Dick Wright 1970-74- Norwegian Inst. Water Research, Oslo, Norway
John Birks 1970-71 - Bot. Institute, U. Bergen, Norway
Hilary Birks 1970-71 - Bot. Institute, U. Bergen, Norway
Mark Mantuani 1970-71
Nancy Sather 1970-74 - Natural Heritage Program, Minn. Nat. Res.
Paula Mellott 1971-73 - Butler, Pa.
Vince Lamarra 1970-75 - Logan, Utah
David C. Foster 1971-74 - Minn. Health
George Jacobson 1971-75 - Quaternary Research Institute, U. Maine, Orono
Jan Mangerud 1972 – Geol. Inst., U. Bergen,
Mike Lynch 1972-77 - U. Oregon, Eugene
Greg Lie 1973-77 - Hennepin County
Mark Saporito 1973-75: Hutchinson Cancer Research, Seattle
Mary Rutter 1973-75
Nancy Eyster-Smith 1973-79 - Natural Sciences, Bentley College, Waltham, Mass
Roxanne Martin 1973-75
Greg Lie 1973-77
Mark Sheehan 1974
Hazel Delcourt 1974-78 - Ecol., U. Tennessee,
Paul Delcourt 1974-78 - Geol., U. Tennessee, Knoxville
Bruce Forsberg 1975-80 - Manaus, Brazil
Dick Brugam 1975-78 - Biol., Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville
Tom Crisman 1975-77- Environmental Engineering, U. Florida, Gainesville
Barbara Speziale 1975
Norio Fuii 1975
Eric Grimm 1975 - Illinois State Museum, Springfield
George Zoto 1975-1976 - of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts
Norman Allott 1976-78 - Botany , Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Henry Lamb 1976-78 - Institute of Earth Sciences, U.College, Aberystwyth, Wales
Gunilla Lindmark 1976-77
Val Smith 1976-82 - U. Kansas, Lawrence
Barry Goldstein 1976-78 - Geol., University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash.
John Almendinger 1976-85 - U.S. Forest Service, Deer River, Minn.
John King 1976-80 - School of Oceanography, Kingston, R.I.
Ed Swain 1977-84 - MPCA
Linda Shane 1978 -2002, retired
Dan Engstrom 1978-95 - St. Croix Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota
Sheri Fritz 1978-94 - Geol., Lehigh U., Bethlehem, Pa.
Eric Smeltzer 1978-80 - Vermont
David R. Foster 1978-83 - Harvard Forest, Harvard U., Petersham, Mass.
Jim Almendinger 1978-88 - St. Croix Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota
Nancy Radle 1978-81 - Minn. Transportation, St. Paul
George King 1979-87 - E.P.A. Environmental Sciences, Corvallis, Oregon
Dave Wright 1979-88 – MN DNR
John Halfman 1980-82 - Geol., Notre Dame U.
Kerry Keen 1980-83 - University of Wisconsin River Falls
Dora Barlaz 1980-82 - New York City
John Kingston 1980-82 - NRRC, University of Minnesota (deceased)
Jan Janssens 1980-1989 - Ecology , U. Minn.
Cathy Whitlock 1981 - Montana State University, Bozeman
Kristine Bradof 1981-85
Rick Battarbee 1981-82 - Geog., U. College London, England
Svante Bjorck 1981-82 - University of Stockholm, Sweden
Amy Loiselle 1981-84 -Div. Waters, Minn. , Nat. Resources
Scott Murchie 1981-84
Pietra Gardetto-Mueller1981-86 – Ill. St. Mus.
Kevin Edwards 1982 - Geog., U. Birmingham
George Ganf 1982 - U. Adelaide, Australia
Geoff Seltzer 1982-90 - Geol/, Syracuse U. (Deceased)
Jim Clark 1984-88 - Botany, Duke U.,
Liz Almgren 1984-88 - Inst. Quaternary Geol., U. Goteborg, Sweden
Heather Almquist-Jacobson 1984-86
Joan Lennon 1984-86 - England
Bill Lamberts 1985 -1997 - St Cloud State University
Jeff Groen 1986-90
Amy Ollendorf 1987-93 - ALO Associates, Minneapolis
Sharon Locke 1987-94 - Bates College
Roger Dunon 1987
Juanjuan Xia 1987-95
Virginia Card 1988-94 Env. Sci., Metropolitan State U, St Paul
Karin Ahlberg 1989 -1995
Katrina Allen Kennedy 1989-91 - Geraghty and Miller, Minneapolis
Kate Laird 1990-94 - Queen's U., Kingston, Ontario
Dirk Verschuren 1990 -1995 - Ghent University
Ingemar Renberg 1991 - Umea U., Sweden
Kerry Kelts 1991 to 2001 (Deceased)
Emi Ito 1991 -
Brian Haskell 1991 - 2006
Blas Valero-Garces 1991-95 (still resident for ~1/3 year)
Lora Stevens 1991 to 1998 Cal State Long Beach
Yue Han 1991-93
Dave Olson 1991-94
Jun-Qing Yu 1991-94
Kristina Miller Beuning 1991 - 1998 U Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Babette Truze 1991-93
Shannon Lotthammer 1992-93
Zhigang (Eric) Gong 1992-95
Michael Rosen 1992-93 - USGS-Reno
Charlie Tiller 1992 to 2001
Elena Litchman 1992-94
Mark Abbott 1992-95 - University of Pittsburgh
Becky Teed 1992 - 2001
Antje Schwalb 1993 - 1996 - Technische Universität Braunschweig
Brian Cumming 1993-94 - Queen's U., Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Rik Jansen 1993 – U. Utrecht, Netherlands
Gideon N'gobi 1994 - 1999
Feng Sheng Hu 1994 to 1998 U Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lensyl Urbano 1995 - 2001 - University of Memphis
Sarah Wilson 1995 - ?
Russanne Low 1995 - 2004
Mark Shapley 1996 - 2006 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Andy Breckenridge 1996 - 2005 - Mercyhurst College
Amy Myrbo 1996 -
An Liu 1997 - 2001
Sarah Nicholas 1998 - 2000
Karen Hays 1999 - 2001
Doug Schnurrenberger 1995 - 2005
Jim Russell 1998 - 2005 - Brown University
Chad Wittkop 1999 - 2004 - University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Sara Mueller 2000 - 2004
Laura Triplett 2000 -
Rebecca Clotts 2001 -
Randy Calcote 2001 -
Victor Zabielski 2001 - 2004 - Northern Virginia Community College
Ahmet Celenli 2001 -
Steve Colman 2001 - Large Lakes Observatory, Duluth
Ivanka Stefanova 2002 -
Jack Williams 2003 - 2004 U Wisconsin Madison
Anders Noren 2002 -
Jo Belvedere 2002 - 2005 - College of Education and Human Development, University of MN
Bryan Shuman 2003 -
Kristina Brady 2003 -
Avery Cook Shinneman 2003 -
Marylee Murphy 2003 -
Colin Plank 2004 -
Anna Henderson 2005 -
Ioan Lascu 2005 -
Ana Moreno Caballud 2006 -
updated 9/26/06