It will be a lucky Friday the 13th for those attending the General Meeting at 8:00 pm in Room K-131. Cary Easterday from the Department of Earth Sciences, Northeastern Illinois University, will give us an updated and expanded version of his presentation from the 2002 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting entitled:
From Chasing Butterflies to Mazon Creek to Florissant: The Life and Research of Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1837 - 1911), Pioneer in the Study of Recent and Fossil Terrestrial Arthropods.
Among his accomplishments, Samuel Hubbard Scudder was the founding father of North American studies on fossil terrestrial arthropods such as insects, arachnids, and myriopods. He published papers on fossil arthropods from New Brunswick (Canada), the Green River, Mazon Creek, Florissant, and other worldwide locations. His generally recognized masterwork on the subject was his two-volume set, "Fossil Insects of North America." He also conducted systematic studies of living Lepidoptera (mostly butterflies) and Orthoptera (e.g., cockroaches and grasshoppers).
As always, visitors are welcome to our General Meetings. Refreshments will be served. Parking and admission are free.
Written by Bill Vinikour.