Lafayette Frederick

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Lafayette Frederick
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Dr. Frederick, Emeritus Professor of Biology at Howard University
Born9 March 1923
Died29 December 2018 (2018-12-30) (aged 95)
Nationality American
Alma mater Tuskegee Institute
University of Rhode Island
Washington State University
Children Lew Frederick
Scientific career
Fields Mycology
Institutions Southern University
Atlanta University
Howard University
Doctoral advisor Charles Gardner Shaw
Notable students O'Neil Ray Collins
Author abbrev. (botany) Frederick

Lafayette Frederick (9 March 1923 - 29 December 2018) was an American plant pathologist, mycologist, and specialist in myxomycete ecology and systematics. [1]

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Biography

Frederick was born in Dog Bog, a rural town near Friars Point, Mississippi. He grew up in Missouri. [2]

In 1943, Frederick earned his bachelor's degree at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He pursued graduate work at the University of Hawaii before earning his master's degree in botany at the University of Rhode Island in 1950. He earned his PhD at Washington State University under Charles Gardner Shaw  [ es ]. [3]

Frederick joined the biology department at Southern University, before becoming chair of the Department of Biology at Atlanta University. He later joined the Department of Botany at Howard University in 1976, where he worked before retiring in 1993. [3]

Frederick served as vice president of the Association of Southeastern Biologists from 1984 to 1985, and as president from 1985 to 1986. [4]

Legacy

The Lafayette Frederick Underrepresented Minorities Scholarship is a scholarship given by the Association of Southeastern Biologists. [5]

Harold St. John named the species Cyrtandra frederickii in his honor. [6]

The standard author abbreviation Frederick is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [7]

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References

  1. Allen, Summer (1 April 2014). "5 Things About Me: Biologist Lafayette Frederick". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. "Dr. Lafayette Frederick 1923-2018". Southeastern Biology. 67. Burlington, NC : Association of Southeastern Biologists: 174. 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Plant Scientist Remembers Academic Rigor, Racial Acceptance, Friends at WSU". College Of Agricultural, Human, And Natural Resource Sciences | Washington State University. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  4. Herr, John M. (April 2012). "A brief summary of the events in the life of the Association of Southeastern Biologists" (PDF). Southeastern Biology. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  5. "ASB Support Awards". Association of Southeastern Biologists. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  6. "Lafayette Frederick's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  7. International Plant Names Index.  Frederick.