William Alfred Weber

William Alfred Weber
William Alfred Weber
Born	November 16, 1918; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	March 18, 2020 (aged 101); Longmont, Colorado, U.S.
Alma mater	Iowa State (B.S. of Botany 1940, M.A. of Botany 1942); Washington State (PhD. 1946)
Known for	collecting flowering plants, mosses, and lichens from every continent except Africa[1]
	Scientific career
Fields	Botany; Lichenology
Institutions	University of Colorado Boulder; University of Colorad Museum of Natural History
Doctoral students	D. D. Awasthi
Author abbrev. (botany)	W.A.Weber

William Alfred Weber (November 16, 1918 – March 18, 2020) was an American botanist and lichenologist. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado at Boulder and former curator of the University of Colorado Museum Herbarium (Index Herbariorum designation COLO).

Biography

William Alfred Weber was born on November 16, 1918, and grew up in New York City.[2]

He earned his Master's in 1942 and PHD in 1945, both at Washington State University and began teaching at Colorado in 1946.[3][4][5] In 2018 he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS).[6] He died on March 18, 2020 in Longmont, Colorado.[7]

Honors and awards

2018 Acharius Medal of the International Association for Lichenology [9]
2018 Elizabeth Britton Award for Lifetime Achievement in Bryology and the Chicita Culberson Award for Lifetime Achievement in Lichenology of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society. [10]

Lichens named by William A. Weber

Anaptychia chondroidea (W.A.Weber & D.D.Awasthi) Kurok. = Heterodermia chondroidea
Aspicilia quartzitica W.A.Weber
Buellia capitis-regum W.A.Weber
Buellia mamillana (Tuck.) W.A.Weber
Buellia saurina W.A.Weber = Rhizocarpon saurinum
Caloplaca brattiae W.A.Weber
Caloplaca stantonii W.A.Weber ex Arup
Cetraria coralligera (W.A.Weber) Hale = Tuckermanella coralligera
Cyphelium brunneum W.A.Weber
Cyphelium tigillare subsp. notarisii (Tul.) W.A.Weber = C. notarisii
Heterodermia chondroidea W.A.Weber & D.D.Awasthi
Heterodermia erinacea (Ach.) W.A.Weber
Hubbia W.A.Weber
Hubbsia californica (Räsänen) W.A.Weber
Hubbsia lumbricoides W.A.Weber = H. californica
Lasallia pustulata subsp. papulosa (Ach.) W.A.Weber = L. papulosa
Lecania constricta W.A.Weber
Lecanora mellea W.A.Weber
Lecanora phaedrophthalma var. christoi (W.A.Weber) B.D.Ryan
Lecanora texana W.A.Weber
Lecanora arizonica (Tuck. ex Willey) W.A.Weber = Omphalora arizonica
Lecanora christoi W.A.Weber = L. phaedrophthalma var. christoi
Lecidea heppii R. Anderson & W.A.Weber = Lecidella wulfenii
Lecidea novomexicana (B. de Lesd.) W.A.Weber ex R.Anderson = Psora nipponica
Lecidea oreinodes (Körber) W.A.Weber & Hertel = Lecanora oreinoides
Lecidea texana W.A.Weber = Xanthopsorella texana
Letharia vulpina (L.) Hue f. californica (Lév.) W.A.Weber = L. columbiana
Mobergia calculiformis (W.A.Weber) H.Mayrh. & Sheard
Neofuscelia chiricahuensis (R.Anderson & W.A.Weber) Essl.
Parmelia chiricahuensis R. Anderson & W. A. Weber = Neofuscelia chiricahuensis
Parmelia saximontana R.Anderson & W.A.Weber = Melanelia tominii
Physcia duplicorticata W.A.Weber & J.W.Thomson
Psora cerebriformis W.A.Weber
Psora texana W.A.Weber = Xanthopsorella texana
Rhizocarpon saurinum (W.A.Weber) Bungartz
Rhizoplaca glaucophana (Nyl. ex Hasse) W.A.Weber
Rhizoplaca haydenii (Tuck.) W.A.Weber
Rhizoplaca marginalis (Hasse) W.A.Weber
Rinodina calculiformis W.A.Weber = Mobergia calculiformis
Rinodina mamillana (Tuck.) W.A.Weber = Buellia mamillana
Tuckermanella coralligera (W.A.Weber) Essl.
Tuckermannopsis coralligera (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber = Tuckermanella coralligera
Xanthopsora Gotth. Schneider & W.A.Weber = Xanthopsorella
Xanthopsora texana (W.A.Weber) Gotth. Schneider & W.A.Weber = Xanthopsorella texana
Xanthopsorella texana (W.A.Weber) Kalb & Hafellner

Selected publications

Weber, W. A. 1946. A taxonomic and cytological study of the Wyethia, family Compositae, with notes on the related genus Balsamorhiza. Amer. Midl. Nat. 35:400-452.
Weber, W. A. 1950. Recent additions to the flora of Colorado. Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. Biol. 1:46-50.
Weber, W. A. 1958. Rediscovery of Neoparrya. Rhodora 60:265-271.
Weber, W. A. 1959. Some features of the distribution of Arctic relicts at their austral limits. Proc. IX Internat. Bot. Congr. 2:425-426.
Weber, W. A. 1962. Environmental modifications and the taxonomy of the crustose lichens. Sv. Bot. Tidskr. 56:293-333.
Weber, W. A. 1963. Additions to the bryophyte flora of Colorado. Bryologist 66:192-200.
Weber, W. A. 1967. A synopsis of the North American species of Cyphelium. Bryologist 70:197-203.
Weber, W. A. 1976. Rocky Mountain Flora. 5th edition. Colorado Assoc., Univ. Press.
Weber, W. A. and G. Argus. 1986. Salix lanata ssp. calcicola in Colorado. Madroño 33:148-149..
Weber, W. A. 1987B. Colorado Flora: Western Slope. Colorado Assoc. Univ. Press.
Weber, W. A. 1987. Noteworthy collections, Colorado. Bryum blindii BSG. Madroño 29:246.
Weber, W. A. Lichenes Exsiccati distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, Fasc. 17-18, Nos. 641-700.
Weber, W. A. (1997). King of Colorado Botany: Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890. Niwot, CO: Univ. Press of Colorado. ISBN 0-87081-431-1.
Colbridge, J. N., and W. A. Weber. 1998. A Rocky Mountain Lichen Primer. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.

References

Strain, Daniel (September 17, 2018). "Faculty in Focus: At 99, botanist's love of lichens still going strong". CU Boulder Today. University of Colorado Boulder.
"Weber, William Alfred - biography". www.anbg.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
"Impressions of the Linnaeus Apostles' Achievements". IK Foundation. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
Mary Jane Campbell, “Naturalist Weber Honored for Lifetime Achievement,” University of Colorado, October 30, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
Monograph Series - Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University. Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University. 1977.
Tripp, Erin A.; Hogan, Timothy M. (October 2018). "William A. Weber Receives ABLS Lifetime Achievement Awards". Evansia. 35 (3): 106–109. doi:10.1639/0747-9859-35.3.106. ISSN 0747-9859.
"Obituary – William A Weber – Official Website". Retrieved 31 March 2020.
IPNI. W.A.Weber.
"Acharius Medallists". International Association for Lichenology. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
"Acharius Award and ABLS Lifetime Achievement Awards". Retrieved 18 September 2019.

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[1] Strain, Daniel (September 17, 2018). "Faculty in Focus: At 99, botanist's love of lichens still going strong". CU Boulder Today. University of Colorado Boulder.

[2] "Weber, William Alfred - biography". www.anbg.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-01-21.

[3] "Impressions of the Linnaeus Apostles' Achievements". IK Foundation. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

[4] Mary Jane Campbell, “Naturalist Weber Honored for Lifetime Achievement,” University of Colorado, October 30, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

[5] Monograph Series - Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University. Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University. 1977.

[6] Tripp, Erin A.; Hogan, Timothy M. (October 2018). "William A. Weber Receives ABLS Lifetime Achievement Awards". Evansia. 35 (3): 106–109. doi:10.1639/0747-9859-35.3.106. ISSN 0747-9859.

[7] "Obituary – William A Weber – Official Website". Retrieved 31 March 2020.

[8] IPNI. W.A.Weber.

[9] "Acharius Medallists". International Association for Lichenology. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[10] "Acharius Award and ABLS Lifetime Achievement Awards". Retrieved 18 September 2019.

Presidents of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society
1899-1949	Abel Joel Grout (1899–1900) George Newton Best (1901–1902) John Michael Holzinger (1903–1904) Edward Blanchard Chamberlain (1905–1907) Theodore Christian Frye (1908–1909) Bruce Fink (1910) Alexander William Evans (1911–1915) Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1916–1919) Annie Morrill Smith (1920–1921) Albert LeRoy Andrews (1922–1923) Robert Statham Williams (1924–1930) Edwin Bunting Bartram (1931–1932) Aaron John Sharp (1933–1935) William Campbell Steere (1936–1937) George Elwood Nichols (1938–1939) Hugo Leander Blomquist (1940–1941) Henry Shoemaker Conard (1942–1945) Richard T. Wareham (1946–1947) Paul Morrison Patterson (1948–1949)
1950–1999	Lewis Edward Anderson (1950–1951) Geneva Sayre (1952–1953) Winona H. Welch (1954–1955) Ruth Schornherst Breen (1956–1957) John Walter Thomson (1958–1959) Roy Franklin Cain (1960–1961) Betty Wilson Higinbotham (1962) Howard Alvin Crum (1962–1963) Harvey A. Miller (1964–1965) Seville Flowers (1965–1967) Wilfred B. Schofield (1967–1969) William Alfred Weber (1969–1970) Paul Leslie Redfearn (1971–1973) Emanuel David Rudolph (1974–1975) Ronald A. Pursell (1975–1977) Irwin M. Brodo (1977–1979) William D. Reese (1979–1981) Thomas Hawkes Nash III (1981–1983) Norton G. Miller (1985–1987) William Louis Culberson (1987–1989) Dale H. Vitt (1989–1991) Vernon Ahmadjian (1992–1993) Barbara J. Crandall-Stotler (1993–1995) Chicita Frances Culberson (1995–1997) Brent D. Mishler (1997–1999)
2000-present	Robert S. Egan (1999–2001) William Russel Buck (2001–2003) James Donald Lawrey (2003–2005) Nancy G. Slack (2005–2007) Theodore Lee Esslinger (2007–2009) Karen S. Renzaglia (2009–2011) Roger Rosentreter (2011–2013) A. Jonathan Shaw (2013–2015) Larry L. St. Clair (2015–2017) Catherine La Farge (2017–2019) Doug Ladd (2019–2021)