There
are currently 30 emeritus scientists
at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural
History.
EMERITUS
APPOINTEES
CHEETHAM,
Alan. H.
Research Paleobiologist Emeritus. B.S.
(1950) New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology; M.S. (1952) Louisiana
State University; Ph.D. (1959) Columbia
University. Research specialties: cheilostome
Bryozoa, especially the Caribbean Neogene;
multivariate morphometrics; application
of quantitative methods to functional
morphology, biomechanics, and evolutionary
patterns.
CLARKE,
Roy S.,
Curator Emeritus of Meteorites. B.A. (1949)
Cornell University; M.S. (1957), Ph.D.
(1976) George Washington University. Research
specialties: Chemical and mineralogical
relationships in metallic meteorites;
role of phosphorous in the development
of iron meteorite structures
CROCKER,
William H.,
Curator Emeritus, South American Ethnology.
B.A. (1950) Yale College; M.A. (1953)
Stanford University; Ph.D. (1962) University
of Wisconsin. Research specialties: South
American ethnology; Brazilian ethnology;
Ge-speaking Indians; ethnological material
of the Canela Indians.
EMRY,
Robert J.,
Curator Emeritus. B.A. (1966) Colorado
State University; Ph. D. (1970) Columbia
University. Research specialties: Tertiary
Mammalia, of North America and Central
Asia; mammalian biostratigraphy; stratigraphy
of Tertiary continental deposits of western
North America.
FISKE,
Richard S.,
Geologist Emeritus. B.S.E. (1954), M.S.E.
(1955) Princeton University; Ph.D. (1960)
Johns Hopkins University. Research specialties:
physical volcanology of submarine pyroclastic
eruptions, especially in the Tertiary
and Recent of Japan; structural evolution
of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, with special
focus on the volcano's history of explosive
eruptions and it's mobile south flank.
FLINT
JR., Oliver S.,
Emeritus Research Entomologist. B.A. (1953),
M.S. (1955) University of Massachusetts;
Ph.D. (1960) Cornell University. Research
specialties: Taxonomy and biology of the
Trichoptera and Megaloidea of the New
World.
GODDARD,
Ives,
Curator Emeritus,
Ethnology/Linguistics. A.B. (1963) Harvard
College; Ph.D. (1969) Harvard University.
Research specialties: Linguistics and
North America; general linguistics including
descriptive, historical, and theoretical;
textual analysis, discourse, philology;
Algonquian linguistics and ethnohistory.
HOFFMANN,
Robert S.,
Senior Scientist Emeritus, Division of
Mammals. B.A. (1950) Utah State University;
M.A. (1954), Ph.D. (1955) University of
California, Berkeley. Research specialties:
Systematics and evolution of Holarctic
mammals (North America, northern Eurasia
(Russia, China)); insectivores, rodents,
ungulates.
HOPE,
W. Duane,
Curator Emeritus. B.A. (1957), M.S. (1960)
Colorado State University; Ph.D. (1965)
University of California, Davis. Research
specialties: Systematics, comparative
and functional ultrastructure, and phylogenetics
of marine nematode worms, worldwide.
LAUGHLIN,
Robert M., Curator
Emeritus, Middle American Ethnology. B.A.
(1956) Princeton University; M.A. (1959),
Ph.D. (1963) Harvard University. Research
specialties: Ethnology of Mesoamerica,
particularly of the Mayan groups, with
special interest in mythology, religion,
world view, ethnobotany, and linguistics;
continuing research on the ethnography
and linguistics of the Tzotzil of Zinacantan,
Chiapas, Mexico.
MASON,
Brian H.,
Curator Emeritus of Meteorites. B.A. (1937),
M.S. (1938) University of New Zealand;
Ph.D. (1943) University of Stockholm.
Research specialties: Cosmochemistry;
mineralogy and petrology of meteorites.
MELSON,
William G.,
Senior Scientist Emeritus. B.A. (1961)
Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. (1964)
Princeton University. Research specialties:
Studies of active volcanoes aimed at eruption
monitoring, patterns and predictions,
especially Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica;
Regional geology, Central America, Montana,
Central Appalachians; Marine geology-plate
tectonics, especially rocks from seafloor
spreading centers in the Pacific and Atlantic
Oceans; Geoarchaeology (Israel, Costa
Rica, Kenya); Earth system science.
MEÑEZ,
Ernani G.,
Botanist Emeritus. B.S. (1954) University
of the Philippines; M.S. (1962) University
of Hawaii; Ph.D. (1980) University of
New Hampshire. Research specialties: Systematics
of tropical and subtropical marine benthic
algae and seagrasses.
NICOLSON,
Dan H., Curator
Emeritus, Botany. B.A. (1955) Grinnell
College; M.B.A. (1957) Stanford University;
M.S. (1959), Ph.D. (1964) Cornell University.
Research specialties: Taxonomy of Araceae;
flora of Dominica, Nepal, and southern
India, botany of 2nd Cook Expedition (1772-1775);
botanical nomenclature.
RAY,
Clayton E.
Vertebrate Paleontologist Emeritus. B.A.
(1955) Harvard College; M.A. (1958), Ph.D.
(1962) Harvard University. Research specialties:
later Cenezoic mammals; marine mammals.
RICE,
Mary E.,
Emeritus Senior Scientist. B.A. (1947)
Drew University; M.A. (1949) Oberlin College;
Ph.D. (1966) University of Washington.
Research specialties: Systematics and
development of the Sipuncula; research
on reproductive biology and comparative
developmental patterns, larval biology
and metamorphosis of marine invertebrates;
biology of rock-boring organisms; development
and distribution of oceanic larvae.
ROPER,
Clyde F.E.,
Research Zoologist Emeritus, Curator of
Mollusks. B.A. (1959) Transylvania University;
M.S. (1962), Ph.D. (1967) Institute of
Marine Sciences, University of Miami.
Research specialties: Systematics, zoogeography,
development, behavior, resource evaluation,
and ecology of cephalopods, worldwide,
the deep sea.
SCHERER,
Joanna Cohan,
Emeritus Anthropologist. B.A. (1963) Syracuse
University; M.A. (1968) Hunter College,
City University of New York. Research
specialties: Visual anthropology and North
America; still photographs of Native Americans.
SHETLER,
Stanwyn G.,
Curator Emeritus, Botany. B.S. (1955),
M.S. (1958) Cornell University; Ph.D.
(1979) University of Michigan. Research
specialties: Taxonomy and ecology of Campanula;
flora and vegetation of the Central Atlantic
region and the Arctic, especially Alaska.
SIMKIN,
Tom,
Geologist Emeritus. B.A. (1955) Swarthmore
College; M.S. (1960), Ph.D. (1965) Princeton
University. Research specialties: Global
volcanism, calderas, and magma dynamics;
geology of the Galapagos Islands and the
Scottish Tertiary Province.
SKOG,
Laurence E.,
Research Scientist Emeritus. B.A. (1965)
University of Minnesota; M.S. (1968) University
of Connecticut; Ph.D. (1972) Cornell University.
Research specialties: Systematics of wild
and cultivated Neotropical Gesneriaceae;
Neotropical flora, especially flora of
the Guianas.
SPRINGER,
Victor G.,
Curator Emeritus. B.A. (1948) Emory University;
M.S. (1954) University of Miami; Ph.D.
(1957) University of Texas. Research specialties:
Systematics, zoogeography, anatomy,life
history, and ecology of tropical marine
shore fishes.
STANLEY,
Jean-Daniel,
Curator
Emeritus.
B.Sc. (1956) Cornell University; M.S.
(1958) Brown University; D.Sc.(1961) Ecole
Nationale Superieure du Petrole and Universite
de Grenoble, France. Research specialties:
Coastal and delta sedimentology and geoarchaeology;
ancient submerged sites in the Mediterranean.
TYLER,
James C., Senior
Scientist Emeritus.
B.A. (1957) George Washington University;
Ph.D. (1962) Stanford University. Research
specialties: Systematic ichthyology, especially
of the fishes of the Order Tetraodontiformes;
community ecology of coral reef fishes.
VAN
BEEK, Gus W.,
Curator Emeritus,
Old World Archaeology. B.A. (1943) University
of Tulsa; B.D. (1945) McCormick Theological
Seminary; Ph.D. (1953) Johns Hopkins University.
Research specialties: Near Eastern archaeology
of the historical periods (ca. 3000 B.C.
- A.D. 200), chiefly in Arabia, the Levant;
methodology, demography, all cultural
artifacts; ancient and contemporary vernacular
earthen architecture.
WALLER,
Thomas R., Curator
Emeritus,
Cenozoic Mollusks. B.A. (1959), M.S. (1961)
University of Wisconsin; Ph.D. (1966)
Columbia University. Research specialties:
Marine Bivalvia, particularly evolution
throughout the Phanerozoic, morphology,
shell ultrastructure, larval development,
biogeography, and biostratigraphy; monographic
studies of living bivalves and their Mesozoic
and Cenozoic fossil record.
WASSHAUSEN,
Dieter C.,
Curator Emeritus, Botany. B.A. (1963),
M.S. (1966), Ph.D. (1972) George Washington
University. Research specialties: Taxonomy
of Neotropical phanerogams, especially
systematics of Acanthaceae, Begoniaceae.
WEITZMAN,
Stanley H.,
Curator of Fishes, Emeritus. B.A. (1951),
M.A. (1953) University of California,
Berkeley; Ph.D. (1960) Stanford University.
Research specialties: Systematics, anatomy
and phylogeny of fishes; anatomy and evolution
of deep-sea stomiiform fishes; anatomy,
evolution, and biogeography of South American
characiform fishes.
ZUG,
George R., Emeritus
Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles. B.A.
(1960) Albright College; M.S. (1963) University
of Florida; Ph.D. (1968) University of
Michigan. Research specialties: Evolution
and systematics of amphibians and reptiles,
with emphasis on South Pacific species;
biology and systematics of Recent turtles.
ZUSI,
Richard.
Curator Emeritus. B.A. (1951); Northwestern
University; B.S. (1953), Ph.D. (1959)
University of Michigan. Research specialties:
functional anatomy of birds with emphasis
on feeding mechanisms; systematics and
evolution of birds.
TERMS
and APPOINTMENT CATEGORIES
Emeritus:
Emeritus appointments are generally reserved
for NMNH research staff who retire from
Federal employment with the Smithsonian
(NMNH) but wish to remain as an active
contributor to the NMNH scientific community.
Individuals awarded the title of Emeritus
are generally grouped with staff listings,
although the title of Emeritus may also
be considered an academic appointment.
Student/Research
Student: This appointment type
encompasses those individuals who are
actively pursuing their education at a
college or university but have not yet
achieved professional status. The formal
designation "Student" acknowledges
active collaboration between an individual
and NMNH staff. Individuals awarded the
academic title of "Research Student"
are grouped with the Fellows.
Visiting
Scientist:
Visiting Scientists are professionals
working independently within the National
Museum of Natural History research and
collection facilities. This is not a formal
academic appointment but instead identifies
an individual visiting the collections
and/or facilities.
Research
Collaborator: Collaborators
are those professionals working independently
within the National Museum of Natural
History research and collection facilities
or informally collaborating with members
from the NMNH community on scientific
endeavors. Collaborators generally have
achieved an academic degree and hold professional
status within the scientific community.
Research
Associate: Professional scholars
who formally and actively collaborate
with NMNH scientific staff through collaborative
projects, proposal submission, co-authored
publications, etc. including regular use
of the NMNH research and collection facilities.
Research Associates have achieved a degree,
usually a doctorate, and have professional
status within their academic community.
Research Associates are generally affiliated
with a recognized academic institution
as active or retired staff and have an
active publication record, including at
least one scholarly publication within
the past two years.
Adjunct
Scientist: The title of Adjunct
Scientist is awarded by NMNH to distinguished
professionals who significantly contribute
to the intellectual life of the Museum
through their in-residence participation
in the care and curation of the collections;
active research and publication; service
on NMNH and/or SI panels and committees;
and mentoring of students working with
NMNH scientific staff. Adjunct Scientists
have achieved a doctorate; have professional
status within their scientific community;
have an active publication record, including
at least one scholarly publication each
year; and demonstrate a commitment to
the NMNH scientific community through
their regular in-residence participation
in the scholarly activities of the Museum.
