Monday, April 16, 2001
Book details life of UGA ecologist
Students of nature around the world revere Eugene Pleasants Odum as a founder and pioneer of ecosystem ecology. In this biography of Odum, Betty Jean Craige depicts the intellectual growth, creativity and vision of the scientist who made the ecosystem concept central to his discipline and translated the principles of ecosystem ecology into lessons in preserving the natural environment. Craige is University Professor of Comparative Literature and director of the Center for Humanities and Arts at UGA
Placing Odum’s achievements in historical context, Craige traces Odum’s life from his childhood through his years of education, his collaboration with his younger brother Howard Thomas Odum in developing methods to study ecosystems, his contributions to the field of radiation ecology, his emergence as an internationally distinguished educator of ecosystem ecology, and his environmental activism. Craige also describes Odum’s role in the creation of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, the Marine Institute on Sapelo Island and the Institute of Ecology at UGA.
In conjunction with the book’s April 20 release, Craige and Odum will attend a book signing April 24 at 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Athens.
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