Faculty Department: Biology, 1939 - 2021

File — Box: N-04

Identifier: N:040

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating appointments/promotions/changes, awards, deaths, faculty committees, faculty departments, grants, sabbaticals, Memorial Fund, individual faculty and staff members, policy/handbook, professorships, recruitment, retirement/resignation, salary, scholarship, schedules, visiting professors, tuition exchange/remission.

Includes newspaper clippings, newsletters, handbook, and brochures.

Dates

1939 - 2021

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

Paul Loser receives honorary Litt.D.; Donald E. Shay appointed as instructor of biology, 7/40; Appointments in Bioilogy Dept: 1945-19548:

Robert E. Behler - laboratory instructor; William Green - instructor; Richard L. Dively - laboratory instructor; John Trainer - professor; Dr. Aplington - associate professor;

Robert C.Eyerly appointed Laboratory Instructor in Biology 8/01/1947;

Dept is now certified by State Health Dept for water analysis - 7/02/1944;

J. V. Shankweiler letter to President Seegers regarding reappointment of Robert L. Schaeffer 1954;

John Growich appointed as instructor in Biology 6/15/1949; terminated as instructor in Biology - 1951

Dr. William A. Green appointed biology instructor 7/1/46 - 5/31/56; appointed Associate Pr0fessor of Biology, May 20, 1955

Richard L. Divley appointed Instructor in Bilogy 1948; due to declining enrollment, position is eliminated 3/26/1949.

Henry W. Aplington appointed Associate Professor Biology - 1953; Dr. William A. Green appointed Associate Professor of Biology - 1953; Roland Leiby appointed visiting professor - 1955; Robert E. Behler appointed 1956;

Dr. Schaeffer donates personal botany slides to biology Department valued at $2,219 (1955)

Donald E. Shay is appointed as instructor in Biology 7/27/1940;

Bengt S. Liljeroot is appointed instructor in Biology 6/15/1949;

Dean Robert C. Horn writes letter of recommendation on behalf of biology Assistant Professor Harold E. Miller - 1939

Parkland PRESS article, December 26, 2019 "Muhlenberg Students look at water issues" - Students Ji-In Friess, Grace Imanariyo, Jeff Pennington and Rich Niesenbaum, biology professor, study water scarcity in refugee camps June 2019

Parkland PRESS article "Muhlenberg Student studies leaf biodiversity" - Austin Hoffman '21 worked locally with Erika Iyengar, professor Biology 1/09/2020