Announcements IN MEMORIAM
In Memoriam Mentions We have learned of other recent passings of plant scientists; obituaries for these may appear in upcoming issues of the PSB. Jon Giddens Adriana Hoffmann David Spooner Gary Wallace
Anne in the field with a favorite plant. [Photo courtesy: Jim McGraw]
ANNE LUBBERS (1954–2022) Maya Angelou wrote that when great souls die, “Our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us….” It has felt that way for many at Centre College with the unfathomable news that Professor of Biology Anne Lubbers had died. Surrounded by the love of her two sisters, Jane and Julie, and several of her close friends from Centre, she died on March 4, 2022 after a stroke.
came to Centre in 1993 and was teaching her last course, Plant Biology, before retiring from Centre. Her research on factors affecting seed production in wild ginseng has appeared in Ecology, American Journal of Botany, and The Canadian Journal of Botany, and numerous other publications. Anne was a member of the Botanical Society of America, the Kentucky Native Plant Society, the Ecological Society of America, and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society. She served on the board of the Kentucky Wildlife Refuge and took part in the Audubon Society’s annual bird count. Among Anne’s proudest accomplishments was her work on the development of the environmental studies minor, now the ENS major. She was also on the committee that developed Centre’s natural science curriculum, and she taught NSC courses for years.
A native of Wisconsin, Anne earned a B.S. Anne’s love for the natural world stems from from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, early walks in the woods near home with her and her Ph.D. from Duke University. She sisters Jane and Julie and her brother John. 141
