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'''Ewell Douglas Waits''' (born c. [[1939]] in [[Bessemer]]; died [[January 23]], [[2013]]) was a professor of biology at [[Birmingham-Southern College]] from [[1967]] to [[2002]]. | '''Ewell Douglas Waits''' (born c. [[1939]] in [[Bessemer]]; died [[January 23]], [[2013]]) was a professor of biology at [[Birmingham-Southern College]] from [[1967]] to [[2002]]. | ||
Waits was raised in Bessemer and graduated from [[Bessemer High School]]. He earned his bachelor's in biology at [[ | Waits was raised in Bessemer and graduated from [[Bessemer High School]]. He earned his bachelor's in biology at [[University of Montevallo|Alabama College]] in [[1962]], a master's in biology from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennesee in [[1964]], and a Ph.D. at North Carolina State University in Raleigh in [[1967]]. | ||
Waits was especially interested in tropical ecology. As a professor at Birmingham-Southern, Waits helped establish the college's program in environmental studies. | Waits was especially interested in tropical ecology. As a professor at Birmingham-Southern, Waits helped establish the college's program in environmental studies. | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 26 November 2013
Ewell Douglas Waits (born c. 1939 in Bessemer; died January 23, 2013) was a professor of biology at Birmingham-Southern College from 1967 to 2002.
Waits was raised in Bessemer and graduated from Bessemer High School. He earned his bachelor's in biology at Alabama College in 1962, a master's in biology from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennesee in 1964, and a Ph.D. at North Carolina State University in Raleigh in 1967.
Waits was especially interested in tropical ecology. As a professor at Birmingham-Southern, Waits helped establish the college's program in environmental studies.
Waits, a long-time member of St Andrew's Episcopal Church, died in 2013. He was survived by two daughters and five grandchildren.
References
- "Dr. E. Douglas Waits" obituary (January 24, 2013) The Birmingham News