Professor Howard E. Woodin, 1969
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Professor Howard E. Woodin, 1969
Description
This photo from the 1969 Kaleidoscope shows Professor of Biology Howard E. Woodin, aged 45. Professor Woodin joined the Middlebury faculty in 1953 as an instructor in the Biology department and was promoted to full Professor in 1967.
Professor Woodin worked tirelessly during his time at Middlebury to support studies in environmental and climate sciences. Some of the highlights of his efforts include the following:
In 1956 he designed the greenhouse attached to the Warner Science Building and raised the capital for its construction. That same year, he established the first Biological Radio-Isotope Laboratory at the college under an Atomic Energy Commission Grant. In 1961, he designed two nature reserves for the Town of Middlebury, the Battell Woods Nature Trail and the Means Woods Nature Reserve.
In 1965, he and fellow Professor Rowland Illick developed the Environmental Studies Program as an interdisciplinary major, the first of its kind in the United States. From 1967 until 1985, Woodin served as coordinator and then director of the ES Program, and, in 1970, became the Old Dominion Chair in Biology. During these years, he arranged and led four J-term courses to study tropical ecologies in Belize and Guatemala, and advised many senior theses on the High Pond Nature Preserve, another reserve he had helped to create.
Woodin retired from the college in 1985, at age 61. Today, the Environmental Studies Colloquium series bears his name.
Professor Woodin worked tirelessly during his time at Middlebury to support studies in environmental and climate sciences. Some of the highlights of his efforts include the following:
In 1956 he designed the greenhouse attached to the Warner Science Building and raised the capital for its construction. That same year, he established the first Biological Radio-Isotope Laboratory at the college under an Atomic Energy Commission Grant. In 1961, he designed two nature reserves for the Town of Middlebury, the Battell Woods Nature Trail and the Means Woods Nature Reserve.
In 1965, he and fellow Professor Rowland Illick developed the Environmental Studies Program as an interdisciplinary major, the first of its kind in the United States. From 1967 until 1985, Woodin served as coordinator and then director of the ES Program, and, in 1970, became the Old Dominion Chair in Biology. During these years, he arranged and led four J-term courses to study tropical ecologies in Belize and Guatemala, and advised many senior theses on the High Pond Nature Preserve, another reserve he had helped to create.
Woodin retired from the college in 1985, at age 61. Today, the Environmental Studies Colloquium series bears his name.
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1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
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Citation
“Professor Howard E. Woodin, 1969,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed May 17, 2024, https://omeka.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/245.