James Donald (‛Jim’) Lawrey: a tribute to a unique career in lichenology

Plant and Fungal Systematics

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Robert Lücking¹  Manuela Dal Forno¹  Susan Will-Wolf² 

[1] Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin;Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive

DOI  :  10.2478/pfs-2019-0014

来源: Walter de Gruyter GmbH

【 摘 要 】

The year 1949 was an important year. Shortly after theend of the disastrous World War II, the world beganto reshape at a global level. In April of that year, theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded,including several countries of Western Europe, the UnitedStates, and Canada. Just one month later, the FederalRepublic of Germany came into existence, and in September, the People’s Republic of China was proclaimed.Perhaps even more impacting were the sociocultural novelties introduced during that year. In August of 1949, theBasketball Association of America (BAA) merged withthe National Basketball League (NBL) to form the brandname of the National Basketball Association (NBA). InJune of the same year, Gertrude Augusta ‘Gussy’ Moranshocked Wimbledon by wearing a miniskirt on the court.Much to the delight of the first author of this tribute, inthat year also the so-called ‘currywurst’ was inventedin Germany, credited to a woman named Herta Heuwer,who owned a food stand in Berlin. Jim hadn’t been bornyet to witness these events, but would learn about themeventually in history classes or through documentaries.Whether he has ever tasted a traditional ‘currywurst’ isnot known.

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