Richard C. Starr

Richard Cawthorn Starr (August 24, 1924 – February 3, 1998) was an American phycologist.

Awards

Richard C. Starr was the inaugural recipient of the Darbaker Prize from the Botanical Society of America in 1955^[1] and the recipient of the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal in 1985.

Taxa named in honor of Richard C. Starr

Starria gen. nov. (Cyanophyta, described by N. J. Lang. J. Phycol. 13(1977):288-96.
Chlorococcum starrii sp. nov. (Chlorophyta, described by F. R. Trainor and P. A. Verses. Phycology 6(1967):237-39.
Cystomonas starrii, transferred by H. Ettl and G. Gartner. Nova Hedwigia 44(1987):509-17.
Pleodorina starrii, sp. nov. (Chlorophyta), described by H. Nozaki, FD Ott, and AW Coleman. Journal of Phycology 42(2006):1072-1080. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00255.x.

Works

Starr, R.C., Marner, F.J. and Jaenicke, L. (1995). Chemoattraction of male gametes by a pheromone produced by female gametes of chlamydomonas. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92, 641–645.

The standard author abbreviation R.C.Starr is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

^ "In Memoriam: Richard C. Starr (1924-1998)". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 45 (5): 571–573. 1998. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05118.x. ISSN 1550-7408. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
^ International Plant Names Index. R.C.Starr.

External links

Richard C. Starr at the National Academies Press
Annette W. Coleman and Jeffrey A. Zeikus, "Richard C. Starr", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2001)
Memorial to Richard C. Starr at the University of Texas at Austin

Presidents of the Botanical Society of America

1894–1924

William Trelease (1894)
Charles Edwin Bessey (1895)
John Merle Coulter (1896)
Nathaniel Lord Britton (1897)
Lucien Marcus Underwood (1898)
Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1899)
Byron Halsted (1900)
Joseph Charles Arthur (1901)
Beverly Thomas Galloway (1902)
Charles Reid Barnes (1903)
Robert Almer Harper (1904)
William Ashbrook Kellerman (1905)
Franklin Sumner Earle (1906)
George Francis Atkinson (1907)
William Francis Ganong (1908)
Roland Thaxter (1909)
Erwin Frink Smith (1910)
William Gilson Farlow (1911)
Lewis Ralph Jones (1912)
Douglas Houghton Campbell (1913)
A. S. Hitchcock (1914)
John Merle Coulter (1915)
Robert Almer Harper (1916)
Frederick Charles Newcombe (1917)
William Trelease (1918)
Joseph Charles Arthur (1919)
Nathaniel Lord Britton (1920)
Charles Elmer Allen (1921)
Henry Chandler Cowles (1922)
Benjamin Minge Duggar (1923)
William Chambers Coker (1924)

1925–1949

1950–1974

1975–1999

Peter H. Raven (1975)
Barbara Frances Palser (1976)
Warren H. Wagner (1977)
William August Jensen ( 1978)
Herbert George Baker (1979)
Charles Bixler Heiser (1980)
Patricia Kern Holmgren (1981)
Ernest M. Gifford, Jr. (1982)
Barbara D. Webster (1983)
Mildred Esther Mathias (1984)
William Louis Stern (1985–86)
Ray Franklin Evert (1986–87)
Shirley Cotter Tucker (1987–88)
W. Hardy Eshbaugh (1988–89)
David Leonard Dilcher (1989–90)
Beryl B. Simpson (1990–91)
William Louis Culberson (1991–92)
Gregory Joseph Anderson (1992–93)
Grady Webster (1993–94)
Harry T. Horner (1994–95)
Barbara A. Schaal (1995–96)
Daniel Crawford (1996–97)
Nancy Dengler (1997–98)
Carol C. Baskin (1998–99)

2000–present

Douglas E. Soltis (1999–2000)
Patricia G. Gensel (2000–1)
Judy Jernstedt (2001–2)
Scott D. Russell (2002–3)
Linda E. Graham (2003–4)
Allison A. Snow (2004–5)
Edward L. Schneider (2005–6)
Christopher H. Haufler (2006–7)
Pamela S. Soltis (2007–8)
Karl J. Niklas (2008–9)
Kent Holsinger (2009–10)
Judith Skog (2010–11)
Stephen G. Weller (2011–12)
Elizabeth Kellogg (2012–13)
Pamela Diggle (2013–14)
Tom Ranker (2014–15)
Richard Olmstead (2015–16)
Gordon Uno (2016–17)
Loren Rieseberg (2017–18)
Andrea Wolfe (2018–19)
Linda Watson (2019–20)
Cynthia S. Jones (2020–21)
Michael Donoghue (2021-22)
Vivian Negron-Ortiz (2022-23)

v t e Presidents of the Phycological Society of America
1946-1974	Gilbert Morgan Smith (1946) William Randolph Taylor (1947) Lewis Hanford Tiffany (1948) Jules Brunel (1949) Edgar Nelson Transeau (1950) Clarence E. Taft (1951) Edwin T. Moul (1952) Ruth Myrtle Patrick (1953) Gerald Webber Prescott (1954) Harold Charles Bold (1955) George F. Papenfuss (1956) Larry A. Whitford (1957) Paul Claude Silva (1958) Richard Cawthorn Starr (1959) Jack Edgar Myers (1960) Luigi Provasoli (1961) William A. Daily (1962) Robert W. Krauss (1963) Janet Ruth Stein Taylor (1965) Walter R. Herndon (1966) Hannah T. Croasdale (1967) Francis R. Trainor (1968) Bruce C. Parker (1969) Ralph Arnold Lewin (1970) Richard Earl Norris (1971) Philip W. Cook (1972) Robert W. Hoshaw (1973) Patricia L. Walne (1974)
1975-1999	Norma J. Lang (1975) John A. West (1976) Michael J. Wynne (1977) Elisabeth Gantt (1978) Clinton J. Dawes (1979) Elenor R. Cox (1980) Larry R. Hoffman (1981) Annette W. Coleman (1982) James R. Rosowski (1983) Carole A. Lembi (1984) Michael Neushul, Jr. (1985) Beatrice Marcy Sweeney (1986) Susan D. Waaland (1987) Eugene F. Stoermer (1988) Russell L. Chapman (1989) Lois Ann Pfiester (1990) J. Robert Waaland (1991) Robert Gordon Sheath (1992) M. Dennis Hanisak (1992) John P. van der Meer (1993) Larry B. Liddle (1994) Richard L. Meyer (1995) Lynda J. Goff (1996) Rick McCourt (1998) Paul Kugrens (1999)
2000-present	Steven N. Murray (2000) Charles Yarish (2001) A. Michelle Wood (2002) David F. Millie (2003) Thierry B. R. Chopin (2004) Curt M. Pueschel (2005) Morgan Vis (2006) Richard E. Triemer (2007) Robert A. Andersen (2008) Charles Amsler (2009) Paul K. Hayes (2010) Susan H. Brawley (2011) Juan M. Lopez-Bautista (2012) Linda Graham (2013) John W. Stiller (2014) Rick Zechman (2015) Paul W. Gabrielson (2016) Tim A. Nelson (2017) Alison Sherwood (2018) Kirsten M. Müller (2019) Dale Casamatta (2020)