John Reed
John’s final academic years (1970–1983) were spent at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay,where he was Professor of Ecosystem Analysis and of Environmental Studies. It was during these years that he contributed so much to the Ecological Society and to biology ingeneral on the national scene.
From 1954 to 1963, John was amember of the National AdvisoryDental Research Council, NIH; 1963–1965 member of the Committee on Plans and Objectives for Higher Education of the American Council on Education; and 1963–1969 member of the Advisory Committee Program in Dental Research for college students of the American Dental Association. In 1969–1970, he spent a year at NSF as Section Head of Environmental and Systematics Biology. In 1971, he was a member of the U.S. delegation to the Man and the Biosphere Conference of UNESCO in Paris, France.
One of John’s most important personally rewarding contributions washis service from 1972 to 1974 as Chairman of the Executive Committee, U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program(I.B.P.). This was a committee within the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences,which by 1972 sought to impose draconian change in the last 18 months of the 5-year U.S.-I.B.P. Having accepted the Chairmanship, John sought to aid the interdisciplinary goals of the U.S.-I.B.P. and to strengthen its ecological goals while also meetingthe NRC/NAS goals in a way very different from the confrontation some people expected.
John also served (1972–1973) as a consultant to the Council on Environmenta lQuality and the Federal Council on the role of ecology in the federal government; the U.S. Committee for Man and the Biosphere (1973–1975); member of the NAS-NRC committee on International Environmental Programs (1973–1975); member of the steering committee for the Man and Biosphere Program (1977–1978); and the Great Lakes Research Facility advisory council (1978–1979).
John received two Distinguished Service Awards from Fort Lewis College for his leadership, the first in 1978 and the second in 1985. He also received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Sea Grant Institute of the University of Wisconsin. As his wife, Beatrice, wrote,
From 1954 to 1963, John was amember of the National AdvisoryDental Research Council, NIH; 1963–1965 member of the Committee on Plans and Objectives for Higher Education of the American Council on Education; and 1963–1969 member of the Advisory Committee Program in Dental Research for college students of the American Dental Association. In 1969–1970, he spent a year at NSF as Section Head of Environmental and Systematics Biology. In 1971, he was a member of the U.S. delegation to the Man and the Biosphere Conference of UNESCO in Paris, France.
One of John’s most important personally rewarding contributions washis service from 1972 to 1974 as Chairman of the Executive Committee, U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program(I.B.P.). This was a committee within the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences,which by 1972 sought to impose draconian change in the last 18 months of the 5-year U.S.-I.B.P. Having accepted the Chairmanship, John sought to aid the interdisciplinary goals of the U.S.-I.B.P. and to strengthen its ecological goals while also meetingthe NRC/NAS goals in a way very different from the confrontation some people expected.
John also served (1972–1973) as a consultant to the Council on Environmenta lQuality and the Federal Council on the role of ecology in the federal government; the U.S. Committee for Man and the Biosphere (1973–1975); member of the NAS-NRC committee on International Environmental Programs (1973–1975); member of the steering committee for the Man and Biosphere Program (1977–1978); and the Great Lakes Research Facility advisory council (1978–1979).
John received two Distinguished Service Awards from Fort Lewis College for his leadership, the first in 1978 and the second in 1985. He also received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Sea Grant Institute of the University of Wisconsin. As his wife, Beatrice, wrote,
John was a wonderful friend, a devoted husband, father, grandfather,and great-grandfather. He left a love of books, botany, and knowledge to his family and those of us who knew him well.
Education
B.A. (1933), Dartmouth; M.A. (1935); Ph.D. (1936), Duke