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'''Homer LeRoy Shantz''' (1876–1958) was an [[United States|American]] [[botanist]] and former president of the [[University of Arizona]].
'''Homer LeRoy Shantz''' (1876–1958) was an [[United States|American]] [[botanist]] and former president of the [[University of Arizona]].


Shantz was born in Kent County Michigan on January 24, 1876.<ref name="FindAGrave" /> He was raised in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], where his family moved while he was still young.<ref name="Sauer" /><ref name="Pruitt" /> Shantz graduated from [[Colorado College]] in 1901 with a bachelor's degree in botany.<ref name="UofAPresBio">{{cite web |title=Homer LeRoy Shantz |url=https://president.arizona.edu/person/homer-leroy-shantz |website=Executive Office of the President |publisher=University of Arizona |access-date=15 October 2021 |language=en |date=4 May 2017}}</ref> He received his doctoral degree in botany from the [[University of Nebraska]] in 1905.<ref name="UofAPresBio" /><ref name="Pruitt" /> Following graduation until 1908 he taught botany at the state universities in Missouri and Louisiana before accepting a position with the United States Department of Agriculture.<ref name="Sauer" /><ref name="Pruitt" /> He traveled widely, with an emphasis on the American West and Africa, and made documentary photographs wherever he went. Among Dr. Shantz's research interests was the photographic documentation of vegetation change.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ag.arizona.edu/herbarium/resources/images/shantz.php |title=Shantz Photographic Collection at The University of Arizona Herbarium |access-date=2008-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905001951/http://ag.arizona.edu/herbarium/resources/images/shantz.php |archive-date=2008-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He served as the President of the University of Arizona from 1928 to 1936, where he focused his attention on Arizona and the [[Sonoran Desert]]. During this period, he worked with John E. Harrison Jr. in the acquisition of land for the creation of what is now called the [[Saguaro National Park]]<ref>[http://tucson.com/news/blogs/streetsmarts/street-smarts-namesake-of-harrison-road-helped-create-saguaro-national/article_cc4ecc2a-8e6c-5219-89b8-e3b3ec602590.html David Leighton, "Street Smarts: Namesake of Harrison Road helped create Saguaro National Park," Arizona Daily Star, Sept. 6, 2016]</ref> In 1936, he resigned after disagreements with the legislature and the Board of Regents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/arizona_blue_book/History_Files/Chapter_02/colleges_universities/ua/history.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920231717/http://azsos.gov/public_services/Arizona_Blue_Book/History_Files/Chapter_02/colleges_universities/ua/history.htm |archive-date=2013-09-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Shantz was born in [[Kent County, Michigan]] on January 24, 1876.<ref name="FindAGrave" /> He was raised in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], where his family moved while he was still young.<ref name="Sauer" /><ref name="Pruitt" /> Shantz graduated from [[Colorado College]] in 1901 with a bachelor's degree in botany.<ref name="UofAPresBio">{{cite web |title=Homer LeRoy Shantz |url=https://president.arizona.edu/person/homer-leroy-shantz |website=Executive Office of the President |publisher=University of Arizona |access-date=15 October 2021 |language=en |date=4 May 2017}}</ref> He received his doctoral degree in botany from the [[University of Nebraska]] in 1905.<ref name="UofAPresBio" /><ref name="Pruitt" /> Following graduation until 1908 he taught botany at the state universities in Missouri and Louisiana before accepting a position with the United States Department of Agriculture.<ref name="Sauer" /><ref name="Pruitt" /> He traveled widely, with an emphasis on the American West and Africa, and made documentary photographs wherever he went. Among Dr. Shantz's research interests was the photographic documentation of vegetation change.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ag.arizona.edu/herbarium/resources/images/shantz.php |title=Shantz Photographic Collection at The University of Arizona Herbarium |access-date=2008-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905001951/http://ag.arizona.edu/herbarium/resources/images/shantz.php |archive-date=2008-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He served as the President of the University of Arizona from 1928 to 1936, where he focused his attention on Arizona and the [[Sonoran Desert]]. During this period, he worked with John E. Harrison Jr. in the acquisition of land for the creation of what is now called the [[Saguaro National Park]]<ref>[http://tucson.com/news/blogs/streetsmarts/street-smarts-namesake-of-harrison-road-helped-create-saguaro-national/article_cc4ecc2a-8e6c-5219-89b8-e3b3ec602590.html David Leighton, "Street Smarts: Namesake of Harrison Road helped create Saguaro National Park," Arizona Daily Star, Sept. 6, 2016]</ref> In 1936, he resigned after disagreements with the legislature and the Board of Regents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/arizona_blue_book/History_Files/Chapter_02/colleges_universities/ua/history.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920231717/http://azsos.gov/public_services/Arizona_Blue_Book/History_Files/Chapter_02/colleges_universities/ua/history.htm |archive-date=2013-09-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


From 1936, he served as Chief of the Division of Wildlife Management of the U.S. Forest Service until he retired in 1944.<ref name="Sauer" /> He later worked with the Geography Branch of the Office of Naval Research to re-photograph many of the sites he had documented earlier in his career.<ref>Sauer, Carl O. "Obituary: Homer Leroy Shantz", ''Geographical Review'', Vol. 49, No. 2 (April 1959), pp. 278-280</ref>
From 1936, he served as Chief of the Division of Wildlife Management of the U.S. Forest Service until he retired in 1944.<ref name="Sauer" /> He later worked with the Geography Branch of the Office of Naval Research to re-photograph many of the sites he had documented earlier in his career.<ref>Sauer, Carl O. "Obituary: Homer Leroy Shantz", ''Geographical Review'', Vol. 49, No. 2 (April 1959), pp. 278-280</ref>

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Homer LeRoy Shantz
File:Homer LeRoy Shantz00.jpg
Born
Kent County, Michigan
DiedJune 23, 1958(1958-06-23) (aged 82)
NationalityAmerican
Education
  • Colorado College
  • University of Nebraska
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Homer LeRoy Shantz (1876–1958) was an American botanist and former president of the University of Arizona.

Shantz was born in Kent County, Michigan on January 24, 1876.[1] He was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where his family moved while he was still young.[2][3] Shantz graduated from Colorado College in 1901 with a bachelor's degree in botany.[4] He received his doctoral degree in botany from the University of Nebraska in 1905.[4][3] Following graduation until 1908 he taught botany at the state universities in Missouri and Louisiana before accepting a position with the United States Department of Agriculture.[2][3] He traveled widely, with an emphasis on the American West and Africa, and made documentary photographs wherever he went. Among Dr. Shantz's research interests was the photographic documentation of vegetation change.[5] He served as the President of the University of Arizona from 1928 to 1936, where he focused his attention on Arizona and the Sonoran Desert. During this period, he worked with John E. Harrison Jr. in the acquisition of land for the creation of what is now called the Saguaro National Park[6] In 1936, he resigned after disagreements with the legislature and the Board of Regents.[7]

From 1936, he served as Chief of the Division of Wildlife Management of the U.S. Forest Service until he retired in 1944.[2] He later worked with the Geography Branch of the Office of Naval Research to re-photograph many of the sites he had documented earlier in his career.[8]

Shantz died June 23, 1958.[3][2][1]

The standard author abbreviation Shantz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Dr Homer LeRoy Shantz (1876-1958)". www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave.
  2. ^ a b c d Sauer, Carl O. (1959). "Obituary: Homer Leroy Shantz". Geographical Review. 49 (2): 278–280. ISSN 0016-7428. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Pruitt, Evelyn L. (1961). "HOMER LEROY SHANTZ, 1876–1958". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 51 (4): 392–394. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1961.tb00388.x. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Homer LeRoy Shantz". Executive Office of the President. University of Arizona. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Shantz Photographic Collection at The University of Arizona Herbarium". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  6. ^ David Leighton, "Street Smarts: Namesake of Harrison Road helped create Saguaro National Park," Arizona Daily Star, Sept. 6, 2016
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Sauer, Carl O. "Obituary: Homer Leroy Shantz", Geographical Review, Vol. 49, No. 2 (April 1959), pp. 278-280
  9. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Shantz.

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