Project Plant

HARRY E. SHEALY, JR.

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

DECEMBER 2008

ADDRESS:

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN

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AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA 29801

TELEPHONE: 803-***-****; FAX: 803-***-****; E MAIL: *******@****.***

EDUCATION:

BS BIOLOGY, 1965 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA.

MS BIOLOGY, 1971, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA

THESIS: CARPELLOID STAMENS IN RUBUS TRIVIALIS MICHX.

THESIS DIRECTOR: DR. J. M. HERR, JR.

Ph.D. BIOLOGY, 1972, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA.

DISSERTATION: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MEGASPOROGENESIS IN CASSIA,

LUDWIGIA AND OXALIS WITH LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY.

DISSERTATION DIRECTOR: DR. J. M. HERR, JR.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW:

1972 73 PLANT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA.

PROJECT: SEED SHRIVELING IN THE WHEAT RYE HYBRID TRITICALE.

DIRECTOR: DR. E. N. LARTER

OTHER:

USCA DIRECTOR OF GREENHOUSES AND CURATOR OF THE USCA HERBARIUM

USCA GREW CHAIR FOR AMERICAN STUDIES 1993 96

USC SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT ADJUNCT FACULTY

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGISTS

NATURAL AREAS SOCIETY

SC NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF NATURALIST

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY

SOUTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY

THOMAS COOPER SOCIETY

SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERSHIPS:

AIKEN COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST, FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER

HITCHCOCK FOUNDATION, CHAIRMAN 1989 93, CURRENTLY VICE CHAIRMAN OF

FOUNDATION AND CHAIR, FORESTRY COMMITTEE

AIKEN SCHOLARS FOR DOLLARS COMMITTEE, BOARD MEMBER

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES: HERITAGE TRUST

ADVISORY BOARD, NATURAL AREAS COMMITTEE

USC ALUMNI ACADEMY AS PAST GOVENOR, 2ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

USC EX LIBRIS LIBRARIES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

CAROLINIANA SOCIETY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

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USC BATSON HERBARIUM ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE

USCA RUTH PATRICK SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

CRAIGS POND SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CHAIR

CRAIGS POND ECO EDUCATION COMMITTEE, BOARD MEMBER

CONSERVATION VOTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHAIRMAN OF BOARD

SOUTH CAROLINA EXOTIC PLANT PEST COUNCIL {EPPC), FOUNDING MEMBER

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, CAMPBELL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD

PUBLICATIONS:

2008 BOOK REVIEW FALL 2008 ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL CASTANEA ON THE BOOK

RHYNCHOSPORA (CYPERACEAE) OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN UNITED

STATES. BIOTA OF SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 5.

2006 HENRY W. RAVENEL 1814 1887 THE SOUTH CAROLINA ENCYCLOPEDIA EDITED BY

WALTER EDGAR. USC PRESS

2003 CO AUTHORED THINNING AND BURNING STIMULATES GROWTH OF LONGLEAF

PINE SAVANNA COMMUNITY SPECIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH PAT McMILLAN,

AND RICHARD PORCHER A NOTE IN THE DECEMBER 2003 ISSUE OF ECOLOGIAL

RESTORATION 21 (4).

2003 BY INVITATION I SUBMITTED AN ENTRY TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ENCYCLOPEDIA

PROJECT. TOPIC HENRY W. RAVENEL 1814 1887

2001 IMM, DON, HARRY SHEALY, KEN MCLEOD, BEVERLY COLLINS. RARE PLANTS OF

THE SOUTHEASTERN HARDWOOD SYSTEMS AND THE ROLE OF PREDICTIVE MODELING

NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL 21(1): 36 49.

1999 WETLAND RESOURCE EVALUATION IN THE EDISTO RIVER BASIN, USA,

REBECCA SHARITZ SENIOR AUTHOR. WETLANDS FOR THE FUTURE. McCOMB

AND DAVIS EDITORS, GLENEAGLES PUBLISHING, AUSTRALIA

1998 TREE RING STUDIES OF TAXODIUM DISTICHUM L. AND THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT

COMMUNITY TYPES UPON THEIR GROWTH RATES. LAARY CUSHMAN SENIOR AUTHOR.

ASB BULLETIN, APRIL 1998.

1996 AN EXPERIMENT IN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: CONSERVATION AND

MANAGEMENT IN THE EDISTO RIVER BASIN, REBECCA SHARITIZ, SENIOR

AUTHOR. BULLETIN OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. AUGUST1996.

1996 BASIN WIDE EVALUATION OF WETLANDS: CITIZENS BASED RESOURCE

PLANNING, REBECCA SHARITZ, SENIOR AUTHOR. INTECOL V WETLANDS

CONFERENCE, PERTH, AUSTRALIA. SEPTEMBER 1996.

1996 GIS EVALUATION OF THE WETLANDS OF THE EDISTO RIVER BASIN,

REBECCA SHARITZ AND WILLIAM MARSHALL. PROCEEDINGS OF THE

SOUTHERN FORESTED WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE. EDITED BY KATHRYN FLYNN. MARCH 1996.

1996 GIS EVALUATION OF THE WETLANDS OF THE EDISTO RIVER BASIN, WITH

REBECCA SHARITZ AND WILLIAM MARSHALL. THE ASSOCIATION OF

SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGISTS BULLETIN. APRIL 1996.

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1982 HENRY WILLIAM RAVENEL, 19TH CENTURY SOUTH CAROLINA BOTANIST, THE

ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGISTS BULLETIN, APRIL 1982.

1975 DISTRIBUTION OF ALPHA AMYLASE IN THE TRITICALE KERNEL DURING

DEVELOPMENT, CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE. 55:29. WITH

SIMMONDS, HILL, AND DEDIO.

1973 CARPELLOID STAMENS IN RUBUS TRIVIALIS MICHX. BOTANICAL GAZETTE.

134(1): 7. WITH HERR.

PROJECTS/PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS/GRANTS:

2008 FEATURED SPEAKER AT THE FALL 2008 MEETING OF THE ST. JOHN S HUNTING

CLUB IN BERKELY CO. SC. I SPOKE ON HENRY W. RAVENEL 19TH CENTURY SC

BOTANISTS

2008 Expeditions SC ETV/CLEMSON TELEVISION NATURE SERIES. I WILL BE A GUEST ON

THE 11 MAY 08 EPISODE CAROLINA BAYS GEOLOGIC MYSTERIES

2008 Expeditions SC ETV/CLEMSON TELEVISION NATURE SERIES. I WAS THE GUEST

EXPERT FOR THE 30 MARCH 08 EPISODE CANYONS AND RIVERS OF SAND

2008 INVITED SPEAKER FOR THE SOUTHERN LEISURE MANAGEMENT AND TRENDS

INSTITUTE AT CLEMSON, 4 FEBRUARY 08. LAND TRUSTS AND RECREATIONAL LANDS

2007 FEATURED FIELD GUIDE ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL

RESOURCES BIWEEKLY TELEVISED FIELD TRIP. EPISODE ON HITCHCOCK WOODS 24

MARCH 2007

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2006 AIKEN REMEMBEMBERS DVD I WAS THE FEATURED TRAILER ON THE

PRESENTATION. PRODUCED BY THE AUSUSTA CHRONICLE

2005 INVITED SPEAKER FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING IN OCTOBER OF THE AIKEN

COUNTY SOIL CONSERVATION COMMISSION.

2004 CO AUTHORED THE DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF THE CAROLINA BAYS IN THE

COASTAL PLAIN OF BARNWELL COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH JASON BAXLEY

AND REBECCA SHARITZ AND PRESENTED AT THE 2004 MARCH SOUTHEASTERN

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION MEETING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

2004 CO AUTHORED NON NATIVE TERRESTRIAL EXOTIC PLANTS OF HITCHCOCK

WOODS WITH LAUREN BOOTH AND PRESENT AT THE MARCH 2004 MEETINGS OF THE

SOUTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

2003 PRESENTED TWO PAPERS IM MARCH 03 AT THE REGIONAL MEETING OF THE

SOCIETY OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. THE

PAPERS WERE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF THE ECOTONE COMMUNITY AT CRAIGS

POND HERITAGE PRESERVE IN BARNWELL COUNTY, SC AND ECOLOGICAL

RESTORATION OF THE FALL LINE SANDHILL COMMUNITIES IN HITCHCOCK WOODS IN

AIKEN COUNTY, SC WITH PAT MCMILLAN, RICHARD PORCHER AND GARY BURGER.

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2003 I ORGANIZED AND SPOKE AT THE FIREWISE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP HELD AT

USCA IN FEBRUARY 2003. THE WORKSHOP WAS ATTENDED BY OVER FORTY

PARTICIPANTS AND WAS COSPONSORED BY THE SC FORESTY COMMISSION, AIKEN

PUBLIC SAFETY, USCA, AND THE HITCHCOCK FOUNDATION

2003 INVITED SPEAKER FOR THE JANUARY 03 MEETING OF THE TOWN AND

COUNTRY CLUB OF AIKEN. HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT OF HITCHCOCK

WOODS

2003 INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE LOWCOUNTRY CHAPTER OF THE SC NATIVE PLANT

SOCIETY IN CHARLESTON

2002 EDUCATIONAL USES OF HITCHCOCK WOODS. IN SERVICE WORKSHOP FOR

TEACHERS AT ST.MARY S SCHOOL IN MARCH, AIKEN, SC.

2001 RECEIVED A COOPERATIVE GRANT FOR $15,075 IN OCTOBER FROM THE US

FOREST SERVICE TO MONITOR RESTORATION AT CRAIGS POND.

2001 RECEIVED GRANT IN SEPTEMBER FOR $2,000 FROM THE CRAIGS POND ECO

EDUCATION COMMITTEEE.

2001 PRESENTED A PAPER WITH GARY BURGER HITCHCOCK WOODS: AN URBAN

FOREST AT THE SHAPING THE ECOLOGY OF THE CITY SYMPOSIUM AT USC COLUMBIA

IN MARCH.

2000 TO PRESENT CHAIR OF THE CRAIGS POND SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THIS COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE LONGLEAF PINE

ECOTONE AROUND THE CAROLINA BAY ON THE CHEM NUCLEAR PROPERTY.

1999 INVITED SPEAKER AT THE RARE PLANT SYMPOSIUM FALL 99 AT THE SRS IN

AIKEN CO. SC. I SPOKE ABOUT BOTTOMLANDS AND SWAMPS. PROCEEDINGS TO BE

PUBLISHED IN THE NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL .

1998 LONGLEAF ALLIANCE SYMPOSIUM. POSTER PRESENTATION ON THE HISTORY

AND MANAGEMENT OF LONGLEAF PINE FOREST IN HITCHCOCK WOODS WITH GARY

BURGER, OCTOBER 98, CHARLESTON, SC. (PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED 1999 IN

PROCEEDINGS )

1998 CONSULTANT FOR MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CRAIGS POND FOR FOREST

SERVICE AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE WITH STEPHANIE WILDS. CONTRACT OFFICER

DR. DON IMM. CURRENT PROJECT THROUGH 1999.

1998 FOREST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION CONFERENCE. INVITED SPEAKER ON

CARNIVEROUS PLANTS IN LONGLEAF PINE/WIRE GRASS ECOSYSTEMS.

SPONSORED BY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

1997 URBAN FOREST CONFERENCE. INVITED SPEAKER ON PROTECTION OF TAX

EXEMPT LAND IN AIKEN COUNTY, SC. SPONSORED BY THE SC SOCIETY OF

URBAN FORESTRY.

1996 CONSULTANT FOR MONITORING AND RESTORATION OF HYMENOCALLIS

CORONARIA, THE ROCKY SHOALS SPIDER LILY, IN THE UPPER BROAD RIVER AT

LOCKHART, SC.

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1996 RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL

RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY FOR THREATENED AND ENDANGERED

PLANTS ON TAX EXEMPT PROPERTY IN AIKEN COUNTY, SC, WITH ROBERT

McCARTNEY.

1996 - INVITED FACULTY MEMBER SUMMER 1995 FOR A SCUREF GRANT THROUGH THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO TEACH APPROXIMATELY FORTY K 12

PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. GRANT WAS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

1995 PARTICIPANT IN A TWO DAY WORKSHOP TAUGHT BY DRS. RALPH TINER AND

PETER VENEMANN, METHODOLOGY OF DELINEATING WETLANDS OFFICE OF

CONTINUING EDUCATION AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. OCTOBER 1994.

1994 - RESEARCH PROJECT- EFFECTS OF FIRE ON VEGETATION AT CRAIG S POND ALONG

A VEGETATION AND MOISTURE GRADIENT. PROJECT BEGUN IN SPRING 94 AT SAVANNAH

RIVER ECOLOGY LAB WITH REBECCA SHARITZ AND DON IMM.

1994 CONSULTANT FOR THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES MONITORING

CONTRACT WITH U. S. FOREST SERVICE, SAVANNAH RIVER. CONTRACT OFFICER, PHIL

HYATT. SUMMER 94.

1993 97 CO CHAIR WITH REBECCA SHARITZ OF WETLANDS EXPERT COMMITTEE TO A

CONDUCT WETLANDS ASSESSMENT OF THE EDISTO RIVER BASIN FOR THE SC

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES DIVISION. PROJECT

DIRECTOR, ANNE MIGLARESE AND BARRY BEASLEY.

1992 CONSULTANT FOR THREATENED AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES

MONITORING CONTRACT WITH THE U. S. FOREST SERVICE, SAVANNAH RIVER.

CONTRACT OFFICER, H. GABARD. SUMMER 92.

FOOTNOTE: FROM THE FALL OF 1983 UNTIL THE FALL OF 1993, I HELD THE FULL TIME

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION OF ASSOCIATE CHANCELLOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI

AFFAIRS AT USCA. THE ABOVE LIST REPRESENTS SELECTED PUBLICATIONS BEFORE MY

ADMINISTRATIVE TENURE AND MY INITIATIVES TO BECOME INVOLVED ONCE AGAIN IN

TEACHING AND BOTANICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND POLICY. MY ACADEMIC

CAREER AT USCA OFFICIALLY BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 1973 AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF

BIOLOGY. I BEGAN TEACHING PART TIME AT USCA IN 1970 AS A TEACHING ASSISTANT AND

LATER AS AN INSTRUCTOR.

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