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http://www.botany.org/bsa/psb/1997/awrd97-3.html
New Corresponding Members of the Society Elected
"Two distinguished scientists were elected to Corresponding Membership
in the Botanical Society of America at the Annual Business Meeting in
Montreal. Following the
recommendation from the Corresponding Members Committee, their elections
were unanimous. The Botanical Society is pleased to welcome Professor
Hong De-yuan and Professor
Shoichi Kawano as Corresponding Members.
Professor Hong De-yuan: Director of the Open Laboratory of Plant
Systematics and Evolution, and Professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
Dr. Hong is one of the leaders in Chinese Botanical sciences and has
been a major figure in the development of modern plant research in
China. He is an outstanding scientist who has
published extensively in systematics, morphology, cytology, ecology and
most recently, molecular evolution. He currently serves as director of
the Herbarium and the Laboratory of
Cytotaxonomy and Systematics of the Institute of Botany. He is chief
editor of Cathaya, the outstanding scientific journal of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences. Dr. Hong was among the
first botanists to study abroad after the opening of China to the West
and he has traveled extensively throughout the world as an advocate of
botany. He has actively sought
collaborations on an international level and has successfully brought
visiting scientists from all over the globe to Beijing. Dr. Hong De-yuan
has worked tirelessly towards the
advancement of modern plant science in China and towards opening Chinese
botany to the international scientific community.
Professor Shoichi Kawano: Professor of Botany, Kyoto University and
Professor, Institute of Genetic Ecology, Tohoku University.
Dr. Kawano is a highly prolific and outstanding international scientist
who has written extensively in systematics, evolution, ecology, and
biogeography of terrestrial plants. He has been
a leader in the field of plant population ecology and has spearheaded
the life-history approach to the study of plants. He has published over
150 scientific papers and has authored 10
books. Dr. Kawano has been an effective and tireless advocate of plant
biology in Japan. He developed and serves as editor of Plant Species
Biology, an international journal for studies
of plant systematics, evolution, and ecology. His promotion of botany in
Japan has lead to the development of a major museum of systematic
biology. Dr. Kawano developed the concept
of the museum, raised funds for the museum, and he will serve as
Director. Dr. Kawano's outstanding science and his energetic promotion
of Japanese botany in the international
community has lead to the emergence of a distinguished school of botany
in Japan."