WILBUR HOWARD DUNCAN 1910-2005

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by  Wendy B Zomlefer

WILBURHOWARDDUNCAN
1910-2005
WendyB.Zomleferand David E.Giannasi
DepartmentotPlantBiology
UniversityofGeorgia
2502PlantSciences
Athens,Georgia30602-7271,U.S.A.
ABSTRACT
WilburHowardDuncan(1910-2005)isrememberedastheCuratoroftheUniversityofGeorgia
Herbarium(1938-1978),skilledfieldbotanist,giftedteacherfieldguideauthor,plantphotographer,
andfriend.
RESUMEN
WilburHowardDuncan(1910-2005)serarecordadocomoelcuradordelHerbariodelaUniversidad
deGeorgia(1938-1978),comounbotanicodecampocontalento,profesordcdicado,autordeguiasde
campo,fotografonaturalistayungranamigo.
WearesaddenedtoreportthepassingofWilburHowardDuncan(Figs.1,2),
UniversityofGeorgiaProfessorEmeritusofBotanyandretiredCuratorofthe
GAHerbarium.Hediedatliishomeattendedbyhisfamilyon25March2005
inAthens,Georgia.Hewasover94yearsold(Anonymous2005;Zomlefer&
Giannasi2005a,b,c,d).
Wilburwasbornon15October1910,inButialo,NewYork,attendedBloom-
ingtonHighSchoolinIndiana,andreceivedanA.B.(1932)andM.A.(Botany,
1933)fromIndianaUniversityAfterearningaPh.D.fromDukeUniversityun-
dertheforestecologistClarenceF.Korstianm1938,hebeganhisdistinguished
forty-yearteachingandresearchcareerattheUniversityofGeorgia,Depart-
mentofBotany(nowDepartmentofPlantBiology).Hewasalsocuratorofthe
GAHerbariuin.Hisfacultypositionattheuniversitywasinterruptedbyfour
yearsofserviceasFirstLieutenantandultimately,Major,intheU.S.Public
HealthService(1943-1946)asanentomologistinchargeofmosquitocontrol
forCharleston,SouthCarolina(andotherlocalesintheSoutheast)duringWorld
WarII(Powell2005;Smith2005).
WilburDuncanhadanillustriouscareerspanningsevendecadesduring
whichhegenerouslysharedhisenthusiasmandexpertiseinbotanywithstu-
dents,professionals,andamateursalike.Hewasdirectinimpartinginforma-
tionintheclassroomsetting,butinthefieldhetookontheroleofgentleguide:
hewouldaskquestionstohelpstudentsdiscovertheanswer,i.e.,to"see"the
plantforthemselvesandtherebybettercommittheinformationtomemory.
SIDA21(3):1941-1950.2005
1942 BRIT.ORG/SIDA21(3)
Fig.1.WilburHowardDuncan,circa1990,attiredwithhistrademarl<bowtie.
StudentsottenhaddilliculticskeepingupwithProfessorDuncan'slong-legged
stridesinthefield,burhealwayswaitedlorthemtocatchuptoexaminean
interestingplant.Alterhispatientandinquisitixeexpository,hewasoffagain
withacrowdolstudentstrailinglai"behnidhim!
1leinspiredseveralgenerationsolstudentsviaover20popularhands-on
fieldcourses(UGAi93Q,1Q42,lQ50a,b,1962,197fa,b,f977ab),including:El-
ementaryBotany,PlantEcology,FieldBotany,TaxonomyofSeedPlants(also
listedasPlantTaxonomy),Agrostology(alsolistedasTaxonomyofGrasses;
IdentilicationofGrasses;TaxonomyofGrasses,Sedges,andRushes),Aquatic
Plants,IdentificationofFloweringPlants,IdentificationofTreesandShrubs
(alsounderTreesandShrubs;TaxonomyofWoodyPlants),andLocalFlorafor
Teachers.I'ormanyyearshealsotaughtacourseinpoisonousplantidentifica-
ZOMLEFERANDGIANNASI,WILBURHOWARDDUNCAN 1943
tionrequiredbytheVeterinarySchool(M.Duncan,pers.comm).Wilburalso
supervisedsixMaster'sstudentsandtenPh.D.students,whosestudiesfocused
primarilyonfloristicsofthesoutheast(e.g.,Duncan&PuUen1962;Pulfen1963;
Jones1964;Yates1969;Yates&Duncan1970;GibbsRussell&Duncan1972;
Givens1971;Faircloth1971,1975;Gunn1974).
Wilburwasamega-collectorinthespiritolCyrusG.PringleandAlanH.
Curtiss,collectingover30,000plantspecimensinhislifetime(inmultiplesets)
thathedepositedatGAanddistributedtootherherbariathroughoutthesouth-
easternUnitedStates(seeFig.2).Throughhiseflorts,theGAHerbariumgrew
from16,000to135,000specimensduringhistenurethere.Amongthesespeci-
mensishisfirst:acollectionofTrilliumsessile(Fig.3).Wilbur'sfield\vorl<in-
cludedphotographingtheplants,aswellasmakingspecimensofthem.Ffispho-
tographsemphasizedfeaturesneededforaccurateidentification—requiring,for
example,illuminationoftheinsideofaLiriodendrontulipijera]^.flower(Dun-
can&Duncan1988,p.151)ortheanthersofRhexiaalifanusWalter(Duncan&
Duncan1987,p.106)viaaseriesofhomemadehandheldreflectors(L.Duncan,
pers.comm.).HeevenflickeddropletsofwateronfloatingNymphaeaodorata
Willd.leaves(Duncan&rDuncan1999,p.193)toprovidepropersizecontrast.
Accordingtohismostrecentresumeonfileinourdepartment,Wilbur
published65articlesinscientificjournals,mainlyonthefloristicsoftheSouth-
east(e.g.,Duncan1954a,1964,1966a,1967,1969,1977,1979a;Duncanetal.1955,
1957),particularlyofGeorgia(e.g.,Duncan1948,1950a,1954b,1955,1957,1960,
1962a,1966b,1971,1979b,1984;Duncan&Blake1965;Duncan&Kartesz1981).
Besidesfloristics,hisinterestsinthesespeciesrangedfromnomenclature(e.g.,
Duncan1950b),descriptionsofnewtaxa(Duncan1940,1944,1950c,1977;Dun-
canetal.1971),morphology(e.g.,Duncan1933,1950d,1959a;Duncan&Brown
1954),tonaturalhistory(e.g.,Duncan1959b,1962b;Duncan&Dejong1964).
Hisdiscoveryofanewrareoakspecies,QuercusoglcthorpcnsisW.H.Duncan
(Oglethorpeoak;Duncan1940,1950e;Bishop&Duncan1941),inOglethorpe
County,Georgia,wasthefirstnewoakfoundeastoftheMississippiin90years
(summaryinCoder2003).
TheUniversityofGeorgiaPresspublishedthreeplantidentiticationbooks
authoredbyWilburduringhistenureasfacultymember:GuidetoGeorgiaTrees
(Duncan1941),WoodyVinesoftheSoutheasternUnitedStates(Duncan1975),
and WildflowersoftheSoutheasternUnitedStates(Duncan&Foote1975).
Wilbur'sgreatestclaimtofame,however,arehispopularfieldguidesproduced
afterhis"retirement:"TheSmithsonianGuidetoSeasidePlantsoftheGulfand
AtlanticCoasts(Duncan&Duncan1987),TreesoftheSoutheasternUnitedStates
(Duncan&Duncan1988),andWildflowersoftheEasternUnitedStates(Dun-
can&Duncan1999).Allthreearestillmprint;thelatter,coveringover1,000
species,iscurrentlyabest-sellerfortheUniversityofGeorgiaPress.Atthetime
ofhisdeath,hewascompletingthemanuscriptforShrubsoftheSoutheastern
1944 BRIT.ORG/SIDA21(3)
Fig.2.WilburHowardDuncan,circa1983,onatripcollectingforhisfieldguides.
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Fig.B.WilburDuncan'sfirstspecimen[Duncan7;TrilliumsessileI.,CedarCliffs,Indiana;18April1932;GA).Wilburcol-
lectedover30,000setsofvascularplantexsiccataeinhislifetime.
UnitedSlates,asignificantguide including700ot hiscolorphotographs
(Sheurer1999).
Wilburbelongedto18protessionalsocietiesandassociations.Hewasachar-
termemberoftheAssociationofSoutheastBiologistsandaFcllowoftheAmeri-
canAssociationfortheAdvancementolScience.Heheldseveralofficeswiththe
BotanicalSocietyofAmericaandwasPresidentoftheGeorgiaAcademyofSci-
encefortwoterms.HewasalsoactiveintheAmericanSocietyofPlantTaxono-
mists,servingfouryearsasamemberofthecouncil;theAmericanInstituteof
BiologicalSciences;theInternationalAssociationofPlantTaxonomists;andthe
GeorgiaBotanicalSociety.Hewasawardedthe1990ElizabethAnnBartholomew
ServiceAwardbytheSouthernAppalachianBotanicalClub(Martin1990).In1998,
theDepartmentofPlantBiology,UniversityofGeorgia,initiatedtheWilbur
1946 BRIT.ORG/SI0A21(3)
Dunau]AwardjorOutsicindingGraduatcStudentinhishonortorecognizeout-
standinggraduatestudentcontributionstoresearch,teaching,andservicetothe
department.Thesingleyeadyrecipient,whodemonstratesexcellenceinthese
threeareas,isawarded$1,000andaninscribedplac|uc.
InhisretirementWilburcontinuedtobeabotanicalresourcefortheGA
Herbariumandtothemanystudentssharingspacewithhim,especiallythose
involvedinfloristicstudiesfortheirdegrees.Whenstudentshaddilliculties
identifyingaplant,theywouldfinallyconsultWilbur-whowouldabsentmind-
edlyrattleoffaplantnamethatinevitablywascorrect,muchtotheamaze-
mentof thestudents.Indeed,manywerethestudentssentbacl<totheirdesks
mutteringastowhytheyhadn'tthoughtoftheanswerthemselves!
ThelacuftyandstalfofourdepartmentwereimpressedtoobserveWilbur
hereatworl<livedaysaweek(.andoftenalsoontheweekends),sittingupright
at his microscope in "hiscoi'ner"orediting portionsof liis latest book
iTianuscript(s).Whenmostolderfacultywerelookingforwardtoretirementas
atimeofrestandpassagetootherareasofinterest,Wilburhadalreadybegun
hissecondbotanicalcareerresultinginliiswell-writtenpopularfieldguides,
beautifullyillustratedwithhisownphotographs.Hisbooksbroughtbotanyto
inorepeopleatanunderstandablelevelthananyacademictext.Theseguides
arecoauthoredbyhiswifeof64years,NiarionDuncan,alsoaprofessionalbota-
nist.TheDuncansloggedover80,000milestogethercompilingthesefieldbooks
((McCarthy19W).
Alwaysbusyin theherbariumandnattilydressedincoatandbowtie,
Wilburwasanenviablemodelof atruebotanistdevotedtohiscraft.Hewas
efficient,focused,anddirectwithanacuteattentiontodetail,coupledwitha
notoriouslyunderstatedsenseofhumor1iepracticedtheartofseeingbeauty
ineverythingandreadilysharedthisvisionwithothers.Asageandhealthis-
suesencroachedonhisschedule,hewilledhimsefItocontinueuntilhisshrub
bookwascompleted,atestamenttoliisstrengtholcharacterAndthelatter,he
admitted,wasduetotheunec|uivocalstipportol hislox'ingwife,Marion,who
washisbestfriend,fieldpartnerandconfidant.Wilburrefusedtoautograph
copiesoftheirHeldguidesunlessMarionalsoprovidedhersignatureascoau-
thorandpartnerHewasunstintinginhispraiseandrespectlorMarionasthe
steadyfulcrumofhislifeandalsoneverfailedtoproudlydiscusshischildren
andgrandchildren.Itisoltensaidofcertainpeoplethatweshallnotseetheir
likeagain,andwhileperhapsaclicheintoday'sworld,thestatementholdsa
hightimbrelorthelilcolWilburII.13uncan.
Wilbur DuncanissurvivedbyhiswifeMarionDuncan;threechildren
U^ouglas,Lucia,andMackDuncan);andlourgrandcliildren(Amber,Laramie,
Laura,andRossL")uncan).Tohonorhim,thefamifyhasrequesteddonationsto
theWilhurai^dMarionDuncanPublishingFund,acharitabletrustestablished
with theLJnivcrsityof GeorgiaFoundationtoensurethepuf3licationof the
ZOMLEFERANDGIANNASI,WILBURHOWARDDUNCAN 1947
Duncans'lastmanuscript,ShruhsoftheSoutheasternUnitedStates.Thosewish-
ingtoparticipatemaysendtax-deductiblecontributionsto:TheUniversityof
GeorgiaFoundation, WilburandMarionDuncanPublishingFund,394S.
MilledgeAvenue,Suite100,Athens,GA30602-5582.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
WeareespeciallygratefultoMarionandLuciaDuncanforgraciouslytaking
timeintheirgrieftoreminisceaboutWilbur;Luciaalsogenerouslysupplied
scannedphotographsofherfather.ManythanksalsotoCarlaIngram(Depart-
mentofPlantBiology)forlocatingWilbur'sdepartmentalfilesandforsearch-
ingourdepartmentalarchivesfordissertationsandMaster'sthesesofhisformer
students.WethankLynnGaboon(RemoteReference,MainLibrary,UGA)and
thestaffoftheGeorgiaRoom,fiargrettLibrary(UGA)forassistancemtrack-
ingdownuncataloguedcourseschedulesfor1938-1978mUGAlibraryarchives;
KellyA.Bettingerforeditorialcriticisms;andEricFuchs,fortranslatingthe
abstractintoSpanish.TheDepartmentofPlantBiology,UniversityofGeorgia,
fundedproductionofhigh-resolutiondigitalscansandphotographicprintsof
Wilbur'sfirstspecimen.
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