History of the NYBG Graduate Studies Program
Alumni Listed Chronologically by Year of Graduation
Complete List of Alumni of the NYBG Graduate Program
Alphabetically by Surname

 
University & Date
of Attendance
Name (Degree)
Nationality
 Area of Interest
Columbia1905-1910 Abrams, Le Roy (PhD) USA Phytogeography of southern California
CUNY 1983-1989 Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro (PhD) Puerto Rico Serjania section Platycoccus (Sapindaceae) systematics
Columbia 1966-1968 Achuff, Peter (MA) USA no record
Columbia 1914-1918 Adams, James Fowler (PhD) USA Developmental biology of conifer rusts
CUNY 1967-1972 Agostini, Getulio (PhD) Venezuela Cybianthus section Conomorpha (Myrsinaceae)
Columbia 1943-1948 Ajello, Libero (PhD) USA Cytology and nutrition of Polychytrium aggregatum
CUNY 1992-1999 Alexiades, Miguel France Ethnobotany of the Ese eja of Bolivia
Columbia 1912-1916 Altenburg, Edgar (PhD) USA Linkage in Primula sinensis
Columbia 1906-1908 Anderson, Mary Perle (MA) USA Ferns of Japan
Columbia 1957-1960 Andrews, Lucia M. (MA) USA Bronxville gardens
CUNY    1989-1995 Arbelaez, Alba (MS) Colombia Ferns of Colombia
Columbia 1952-1954 Aristeguieta, Leandro (MA) Venezuela Ornamental trees of Venezuela
Columbia 1931-1934 Aronescu, Alicia (PhD) Rumania Spore germination in Diplocarpon
CUNY 1978-1983 Atehortúa, Luciá (PhD) Colombia Elaphoglossum spodum complex (Elaphoglossaceae)
Columbia 1921-1926 Ballard Charles William (PhD) USA Structural variations in Erythroxylon leaves
CUNY 1978-1982 Balslev, Henrik (PhD) Denmark A systematic monograph of the neotropical Juncaceae
Columbia 1899-1900 Banta-Columba, May (MA) USA Secondary teaching
Columbia 1957-1960 Barkley, Theodore Mitchell (PhD) USA A revision of Senecio aureus and allied species
Columbia 1909-1910 Barrett, Mary Franklin (MA) USA Taxonomy of fungi
Columbia 1928-1932 Barrows, Florence L. (PhD) USA Propagation of Lycopodium spores 
CUNY 1985-1991 Beck, Hans T. (PhD) USA Taxonomy and economic botany of Paullinia
CUNY 1971-1977 Becker, Kenneth (PhD) USA Comparison of Angiosperm classification systems
Columbia 1908-1911 Benedict, Ralph Curtis (PhD) USA Pteridophyte taxonomy, especially Nephrolepis
CUNY 1992-1998 Berkov, Amy (PhD) USA Neotropical cerambycid beetles & their 
Lecythidaceae hosts
Columbia 1946-1947 Birdsey, Monroe R. (MA) USA The cultivated aroids
NYU 1993-2000 Birnbaum, Kenneth USA Tropical farm management of avocados
Columbia 1951-1952 Bjornsen, Ida (MA) Denmark no record
Columbia 1949-1953 Bogin, Clifford (PhD) USA Revision of the genus Sagittaria (Alismataceae)
Columbia 1928-1931 Bonisteel, William J. (PhD) USA Plant breeding
CUNY 1980-1983 Boom, Brian M. (PhD) USA Systematics of Isertieae (Rubiaceae)
Columbia 1926-1930 Bowers, Clement G. (PhD) USA Rhododendron taxonomy
Columbia 1902-1904 Brackett, Mary Morrell (MA) USA Plant morphology and physiology
CUNY 1982-1987 Brako, Lois (PhD) USA The lichen genus Phyllopsora (Bacidiaceae) 
Columbia 1906-1908 Brandenburg, Ellen Klapp (MA) USA Botany, mycology
Columbia 1911-1912 Bristol, Warren E. (MA) USA A key to the starches of the drug plants
Columbia 1902-1903 Broadhurst, Jean (MA) USA Morphology
Columbia 1952-1958 Bunting, George (PhD) USA A revision of the genus Spathiphyllum (Araceae)
Columbia 1905-1908 Burlingham, Gertrude Simmons (PhD) USA Taxonomy of Agaricaceae; plant physiology
Columbia 1912-1913 Burr, Freeman Foster (MA) USA Geology, general botany
CUNY 1982-1986 Callejas, Ricardo (PhD) Colombia Revision of Piper subgenus Ottonia (Piperaceae)
Columbia 1961-1966 Canham, Susan (Carey) (PhD) USA Taxonomy and morphology of Hypocrea citrina
Columbia 1899-1905 Cardiff, Ira Dietrich (PhD) USA Karyokinesis (morphology, cytology)
CUNY 1976-1980 Carpenter, Steven E. (PhD) USA Revision of Crocicreas (Discomycetes, Helotiales)
Columbia 1964-1966 Carroll, Eileen (Schofield) (MA) USA Petiole anatomy of the Guttiferae and related families
Columbia 1937-1940 Chandler, Florence Clyde (PhD) USA Microsporogenesis of Hemerocallis fulva
CUNY 1984-1988 Churchill, Steven P. (PhD) USA Revision of Lepidopilum (Callicostaceae)
Columbia 1905-1910 Clark, Ernest Dunbar (PhD) USA The plant oxidases
Columbia 1903-1904 Clark, Anna May (MA) USA Biology, botany, and nature study
CUNY 1981-1984 Clemants, Steven Earl (PhD) USA Revision of the genus Befaria (Ericaceae)
Columbia 1916-1917 Coker, Dorothy (MA)  USA Revision of Encalypta
CUNY 1987-1999 Colella, Miriam (PhD) Venezuela Systematic placement of the Rapateaceae
CUNY 1976-1979 Coradin, Lidio (MA) Brazil A chemotaxonomic study of Parinari
Columbia 1929-1936 Core, Earl S. (PhD) USA Flora of the Erie Islands
Columbia 1923-1925 Cover, Louise (MA) USA Plant breeding and propagation
Columbia 1948-1952 Cowan, Richard S. (PhD) USA Revision of the genus Macrolobium (Leguminosae)
CUNY 1979-1987 Daly, Douglas C. (PhD) USA Taxonomic revision of Protium 
Columbia 1905-1908 Darling, Chester Arthur (PhD) USA Cytology; plant physiology
Columbia 1915-1916 Darrow, Isabelle C. (MA) USA Genetics, cytology
Columbia 1924-1925 Degener, Otto (MA) Germany Ferns and flowering plants of Hawaii 
CUNY 1975-1981 Delendick, Thomas Joseph (PhD) USA A systematic review of the Aceraceae
Columbia 1908-1912 Dodge, Bernard Ogilvie (PhD) USA Morphology and taxonomy of Ascobolaceae
Columbia 1967-1971 Doyle, Anna Frances (PhD) Ireland Chemosystematics of Nectria (Ascomycetes,
Hypocreales)
Columbia 1902-1903 Dufour, Alice (MA) USA Sociology, botany
Fordham 1938-1941 Dwyer, John Duncan (PhD) USA American species of the Luxemburgieae (Ochnaceae)
Columbia 1899-1900 Eaton, Elon Howard (MS) USA Botany, ecology, and forestry
Columbia 1954-1955 Ehrle, Elwood B. (MA) USA The bryoflora of the Genesee County, New York
Columbia 1951-1958 Eiten, George (PhD) USA Regional variation of Oxalis section Corniculatae
CUNY 1978-1983 Ertter, Barbara (PhD) USA Juncus triformis complex (Juncaceae)
CUNY 1968-1974 Fay, John J. (PhD) USA Revision of Perymenium (Asteraceae-Heliantheae) 
CUNY 1997-2001 Ferreira Evandro (PhD) Brazil Phylogenetic study of Bactris based on anatomy
Columbia 1919-1921 Findlay, Hugh (MA) Scotland no record
CUNY 1966-1972 Forero, Enrique (PhD) Colombia Connaraceae and Fabaceae systematics
CUNY 1985-1990 Frame, Dawn (PhD) USA A revision of Schoenocaulon (Liliaceae - Melanthieae)
CUNY 1987-1993 Franco, Ana Esperanza (PhD) Colombia The genus Lepiota in Colombia
Columbia 1909-1913 Fraser, Allen Cameron (PhD USA Avena genetics
Columbia 1910-1913 Fromme, Fred Denton (PhD) USA Uredineae morphology and cytology
Columbia 1929-1935 Fulling, Edmund H. (PhD) USA Gymnosperm systematics
Columbia 1902-1903 Gaines, Elizabeth Venable (MA) USA Sanitary biology
CUNY 1973-1977 Garciá, Cristina (Kirkbride) (MA) Colombia Review of the Neotropical Isertia (Rubiaceae)
CUNY 1992-1998 Garrison, Judy (PhD) USA A monograph of the fern genus
Columbia 1966-1970 Gentry, Johnnie Lee (PhD) USA Revision of Hackelia (Boraginaceae)
Columbia 1905-1906 Gleason, Henry Allan (PhD) USA Trillium systematics
Columbia 1926-1928 Godlatte, Amelia R. (PhD) USA Botany of North America
CUNY 1996-2001 Gomez-Beloz, Alfredo (PhD) USA The ethnobotany of the Warao of Venezuela
CUNY 1994-1998 Gonzalez, Favio (PhD) Colombia Neotropical Aristolochiaceae
Columbia 1899-1905 Gordon, Clarence E. (PhD) USA Zoology, geology, paleobotany
Columbia 1915-1916 Graff, Paul W. (MA) USA Anatomy of Erythronium americanum
Columbia 1964-1968 Grear, John W. (PhD) USA Revision of Eriosema (Leguminosae)
Columbia 1899-1900 Griffiths, David (PhD) USA Taxonomy of Bouteloua and related grama grasses
Columbia 1902-1903 Grout, Leon Everett (MS) USA Agriculture
Columbia 1899-1905 Gruenberg, Benjamin (PhD) USA Plant evolution; physiology of nutrition
Columbia 1901-1902 Hanks, Lenda Tracy (MA) USA High school biology 
Columbia 1938-1943 Hanson, Anne M. (PhD) USA Developmental and cytological study of Chytridineae
Cornell    1995-2001 Hardy, Christopher Ross (PhD) USA Systematics of Cochliostema, Geogenanthus, and an undescribed genus in the (spiderwort family) 
Commelinaceae
Columbia 1907-1911 Hare, Raleigh Frederick (PhD) USA Carbohydrates of the prickly pear and its fruits
Columbia 1899-1901 Harlow, Sarah Havens (MA) USA Botanical libraries
Columbia 1899-1905 Harper, Roland McMillan (PhD) USA Eastern North American coastal plain phytogeography
Columbia 1920-1921 Hastings, George T. (MA) USA Trees of Santa Monica, California
Columbia 1916-1917 Hazen, Elizabeth (MA) USA Laboratory identification of pathogenic fungi
Columbia 1899-1900 Hazen, Tracy Elliot (PhD) USA Ulothricaceae, Chaetophoraceae, and Haemodoraceae
CUNY   1982-1987 Henderson, Andrew (PhD) England Systematic studies in the Iriarteinae (Palmae; Arecoideae) 
Columbia 1942-1947 Hervey, Annette (PhD) USA Basidiomycetes antibacterial activity
Columbia 1899-1900 Hewins, Nellie Priscilla (MA) USA High school biology
Columbia 1963-1966 Heyman, Arthur (PhD) USA Peasant agriculture in the Guyana Highlands
Columbia 1962-1968 Holmgren, Noel H. (PhD) USA A taxonomic revision of the Castilleja viscidula group
Columbia 1905-1908 House, Homer Doliver (PhD) USA The North American species of the genus Ipomoea
Columbia 1943-1944 Hulbary, Robert Louis (PhD) USA Morphology of Elodea and Ailanthus
Columbia 1925-1926 Jacot, Arthur P. (MA) USA Botany of North America
Columbia 1925-1926 Janiger, Oscar (MA) USA Botany of North America
CUNY 1981-1984 Jayasuriya, Anthony H. M. (PhD) Sri Lanka Revision of the genus Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) 
Columbia 1962-1968 Johnson, Hyrum B. (PhD) USA Pubescence as a structural feature of vegetation
Columbia 1965-1967 Jones, Gayle C. (MA) USA Flora of Santo Domingo
Fordham  1950-1952 Joseph, T.C. (PhD) USA Fungal and bacterial inhibition of crown rot
Columbia 1912-1913 Jud, Friedolina C. (MA) USA Study of silicified wood from the Western United States
Columbia 1938-1940 Kavanagh, Frederick (PhD) USA Analytical microbiology
CUNY    1988-1992 Kawasaki, María-Luisa (PhD) Brazil Systematics of Erisma (Vochysiaceae)
CUNY    1969-1984 Kay Lou Ellen (PhD) USA Isoperoxidases in epidermal explants of tobacco
CUNY    1976-1984 Keel, Shirley Heiu-chun Kuo (PhD) China Revision of the genus Salpichroa (Solanaceae)
Columbia 1899-1900 Kellicott, William Erskine (PhD) USA Allium root anatomy
Columbia 1912-1914 Kelly, James P. (MA) USA Ferns and flowering plants of Pennsylvania
Columbia 1914-1915 Kennerly, Martha Mason (MA) USA Effect of road treatments on plant growth
Columbia 1907-1911 Kern, Frank Dunn (PhD) USA Taxonomic study of the genus Gymnosporangium
Columbia 1928-1933 Keur, John Yak (PhD) Holland Viral diseases in Abutilon
CUNY    1984-1988 King, Steven R. (PhD) USA Economic botany of the Andean tuber crop complex 
CUNY    1971-1975 Kirkbride, Joseph H. (PhD) USA A revision of the genus Declieuxia (Rubiaceae)
Columbia 1899-1903 Kirkwood, Joseph Edward (PhD) USA The comparative embryology of the Cucurbitaceae
CUNY    1986-1993 Kisseadoo, Samuel (PhD) Ghana Ecology of Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Columbia 1964-1966 Knight, Frank (MA) USA Ecology
Columbia 1904-1906 Knox Alice Adelaide (AM) USA Plant morphology and physiology
Columbia 1951-1968 Kopp, Lucille (Blum) (PhD) USA Revision of the genus Persea (Lauraceae)
Columbia 1926-1927 Krauss, Gertrude H. (MA) USA Natural sciences teaching
Columbia 1901-1907 Kupfer, Elsie M. (PhD) Germany Plant physiology
Columbia 1960-1964 Kuwahara, Yukinobu (PhD) Japan Neotropical Metzgeriaceae
Columbia 1964-1966 LaFrance, Charles (MA) USA no record
CUNY    1985-1991 Lamont, Eric (PhD) USA Eupatorium section Verticillata (Asteraceae) Taxonomy
Columbia 1902-1903 Leavenworth, George (MA) USA Forestry
CUNY    1975-1976 Lekagul, Thep (MA) Thailand Genera of the Fagaceae
Columbia 1910-1911 Liebovitz, Sidney (MA) USA Phytochemistry
Columbia 1967-1971 Liew, Fah Seong (PhD) Malaysia Vascular plants, expecially Pteridophytes
CUNY    1992-1999 Litt Amy (PhD) USA Evolution of Vochysiaceae
CUNY    1971-1975 Lleras, Eduardo (PhD) Colombia A preliminary monograph of the family Trigoniaceae
Columbia 1901-1902 Locke, Emily (MA) USA Spermatophyte embryology
Columbia 1963-1967 Long, Sharon (MA) USA Saltmarsh ecology
Columbia 1902-1903 Lord, Mary (MA) USA Fertilization in Lupinus hirsutus
CUNY    1987-1991 Lowen, Rosalind (PhD) USA The genera Nectriella and Pronectria
CUNY    1977-1982 Lumer, Cecile (PhD) USA Pollination of Blakea and Topobea (Melastomataceae) 
Fordham  1957-1961 Manos-Hodge, Georgia Evangeline (PhD) USA Tip growth of Pisum sativum
CUNY    2000-2001 Marin, Cesar A. (MA) Colombia Amazon ecosystems
CUNY    1971-1975 Marttala, Vernon (PhD) USA Study of Romanzoffia (Primulaceae)
Columbia 1904-1905 Mathewson, Chester A. (PhD) USA Houstonia caerulea anatomy
CUNY    1985-1987 Mena V., Patricio (MA) Ecuador Revision of Arcytophyllum (Rubiaceae, Hedyotidae)
Columbia 1937-1944 Metzner, Jerome (PhD) USA A morphological and cytological study of Volvox
Columbia 1909-1910 Middleton, Florence (MA) USA Botany, morphology of Saponaria
Columbia 1929-1934 Moldenke, Harold N. (PhD) USA A monograph of the genus Aegiphila
Columbia 1910-1913 Mook, Charles (PhD) USA Paleobotany
Columbia 1920-1925 Moore, Clarence E. (PhD) USA Plant morphology
CUNY    1990-1994 Morton, Cynthia M. (PhD) USA Pollen and wood morphology of the Ebenaceae
Columbia 1914-1915 Muller, Theodore (MA) Germany Fiber plants of the Philippines
CUNY    1988-1992 Nagai, Ikue (Hasegawa) (PhD) Japan Molecular systematics of Cimicifugeae (Ranunculaceae)
CUNY    1986-1990 Nanakorn, Weerachai (PhD) Thailand Cytology and anatomy of Thailand grass species
Columbia 1914-1920 Nishimura, Makoto (PhD) Japan Algae
Columbia 1915-1928 Nixon, Ernst Leland (PhD ) USA The effects of Bacillus amylovorus on its host
Columbia 1916-1924 Orton, Clayton Roberts (PhD) USA Seed borne diseases; genus Phyllachora
Columbia 1905-1906 Palliser, Helen L. (MA) USA Mycology
Columbia 1953-1955 Pérez, Elena (MA) Puerto Rico Flora of Puerto Rico
Columbia 1909-1910 Picard, Maurice (MA) USA Hibiscus cytology
CUNY    1991-1997 Pinheiro, Claudio U. B. (PhD) Brazil Studies on the Babassu Palm (Orbignya phalerata Martius)
CUNY    1982-1986 Pipoly III, John (PhD) USA Revision of the genus Cybianthus (Myrsinaceae)
Columbia 1915-1920 Raines, Morris Abel (PhD) USA Rust diseases of higher plants
CUNY    1996-2000 Ramirez-Sosa, Carlos (PhD) El Salvador Vegetation of a subtropical pre-montane moist 
forest in Central America
Columbia 1901-1902 Rand, Edith E. (AM) USA Botany of North America
Columbia 1915-1920 Rand, Frederick V. (PhD) USA Vermont shrubs and woody vines
Columbia 1899-1900 Rea, Paul Marshall (MA) USA The history of botanical science
Columbia 1944-1949 Reicher, Helen (Vishniac) (PhD) USA no record
Columbia 1912-1913 Reid, Katherine Willess (MA) USA Variegation in Abutilon
Columbia 1899-1902 Rennert, Rosina J. (Irving) (MA) USA Plant anatomy and physiology
Columbia 1966-1967 Robichaud, Beryl (MA) USA Plant communities and vegetation of New Jersey
Columbia 1906-1908 Robinson, Winfred Josephine (PhD) USA Pteridophytes of Hawaii 
Columbia 1903-1906 Robinson, Charles Budd (PhD) Canada The Chareae of North America
CUNY    1987-1992 Rodríguez, Katia F. (PhD) Brazil Endophytic fungi in Euterpe oleracea
Columbia 1906-1910 Rose, Anton Richard (PhD) USA Biological chemistry and its relation to animal nutrition
Columbia 1966-1971 Samuels, Gary J. (PhD) USA Taxonomy of Nectriopsis (Hypocreales)
CUNY    1982-1987 Sastre-De Jesús, Inéz (PhD) Puerto Rico Neotropical Neckeraceae and Thamnobryaceae
Columbia 1925-1928 Schreiner, Ernst J. (PhD) USA Guatemalan Cinchona
Fordham  1963-1965 Schulz, Sister Patricia (MS) USA Germination of Phacelia tanacetifolia
Columbia 1906-1910 Schwarze, Carl Alois (PhD) USA Parasitic fungi of New Jersey
CUNY    1988-1992 Shen, Chung-Fu (PhD) China A monograph of the genus Fagus (Fagaceae)
Columbia 1902-1904 Shimer, Hervey Woodburn (PhD) USA Geology, paleobotany, paleontology
Columbia 1964-1975 Smith, Sharon (PhD) USA Ecology of the alpine area in the Adirondack Mountains
Columbia 1964-1969 Smith, Gary Lane (PhD) USA Conspectus of the genera of Polytrichaceae (Bryophyta)
Columbia 1926-1933 Smith, Albert C. (PhD) USA Hippocrateaceae, Myristicaceae, and Degeneriaceae
Columbia 1921-1926 Stauffer, John (PhD) USA Chemical engineering
Columbia 1902-1903 Steeter, Stella G. (MA) USA Plant physiology
Columbia 1915-1916 Stevenson, Florence (Berman) (MA) USA no record
Columbia 1914-1916 Stewart, Ralph R. (PhD) USA Flora of Pakistan and Tibet
Columbia 1914-1915 Stewart, Eleanor Grace (MA) USA Cactus cytology
Columbia 1904-1905 Stockard, Charles Rupert (PhD) USA Cytology of Vicia faba
Columbia 1911-1912 Stout, Arlow Burdette (PhD) USA Flowering behavior of Persea, Hemerocallis, and Coleus
Columbia 1914-1915 Stowell, Willard Allen (MA) USA Genetics, cytology
Fordham  1942-1947 Sullivan, Thomas D. (PhD) USA Somatic chromosomes of pedigreed hybrid petunias
Columbia 1915-1917 Taistra, Sophie Amy (MA) Austria Genetics, cytology
Columbia 1911-1912 Tang, Young-Lee (MA) China no record
Columbia 1916-1920 Thomas, Harvey Earl (PhD) USA Phytopathology of apples and tobacco 
Columbia 1909-1910 Topp, Emily Philippina (MA) USA Variegation in Miscanthus
Columbia 1899-1900 Torrey, John Cutler (PhD) USA Medicine, pathology
CUNY    1986-1990 Tsou, Chih-Hua (PhD) Taiwan Embryology of Lecythidaceae
Columbia 1912-1913 Umaceny, Lillian A. (Tenopyr) (MA) USA Relation of the cell shape to organ shape
CUNY   1988-1995 Valdespino Quintero, Iván (PhD) Panama Revision of Selaginella subgenus Heterostachys
Columbia 1931-1932 Velasquez, Josefa (MA ) Puerto Rico Mycology
Columbia 1968-1973 Votava, Frank Victor (PhD) USA Revision of the genus Thouinia (Sapindaceae)
Columbia 1937-1939 Whaley, W. Gordon (PhD) USA Taraxacum systematics
CUNY    1968-1969 Whiffin, Trevor (PhD U. Texas) USA Australian flora 
Columbia 1962-1968 Whittier, Henry O. (PhD) USA Mosses of the Society Islands
NYU       1995-1997 Wiesen, Anne (MS) USA Floral Remains at Cahal Pech, Belize
CUNY*  1967-1968 Wile, Lenore (May) (PhD '81 Fordham) USA The genus Salvinia, its biology, control, and utilization
CUNY    1986-1991 Williams, David E. (PhD) USA Arachis genetic diversity
Columbia 1925-1928 Wittrock, Gus (MA) USA Fruit trees and ornamentals 
Columbia 1924-1926 Wodehouse, Roger Philip (PhD) USA Phylogenetic value of pollen grains
Columbia 1911-1912 Womack, Mary-Douglas (MA) USA Bacteriology, phytopathology, mycology
Columbia 1949-1952 Wurdack, John J. (PhD) USA Revision of Brachyotum (Melastomataceae)
Columbia 1903-1905 Yatsu, Naohide (PhD) Japan Cytology, embryology
CUNY   1980-1984 Yost, Susan (PhD) USA Habitat partitioning in Viola sororia and V. fimbriatula
Columbia 1944-1949 Yousef, Hassan (PhD) Egypt Metabolites of Hymenomycetes
Columbia 1940-1942 Zajdel, Adam M. (MA) USA A study of the North American beech
Columbia 1995-1997 Zima, Alejandro (MS) USA Urban ethnobotany
                         * Lehman College, City University of New York