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Eugene Pleasants Odum
Eugene Pleasants Odum
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It is rare that an individual makes major contributions in each essential component of academic life: education, research, and program development. A brief summary of his accomplishments in these areas is outlined below.
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Odum was the recipient of numerous awards in ecological education, including the Educator-of-the-Year in 1983 awarded by the National Wildlife Federation, the Environmental Educator Award in 1992 from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and the Distinguished Service Award in 1998 from the United States International Association of Landscape Ecology. CAREER AS A RESEARCHER Odum received his Ph.D.
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he described how ecosystem development served as the central or unifying theme for early research at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. Eugene conducted early groundbreaking research not only on coral reef energetics and old-field community development but also on bird fat metabolism, radiation ecology, and salt marsh dynamics.
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The early work at the Sapelo Island laboratory was influential in raising awareness of ecological interactions between rivers, estuaries, and salt marshes, especially the interactions of the physical, chemical, and biological components. Odum was a pioneer in the interaction termed "mutualism." He frequently quipped, "When the going gets tough, it pays to cooperate" -- indicative of a philosophy that he applied across levels of organization or when describing attributes of ecosystems during mature seral stages of development.
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In 1975 Odum was the recipient of the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, accompanied by a $150,000 cash award, which he contributed to the University of Georgia Foundation as an endowment for the Institute of Ecology. Other endowments in his name support numerous functions (e.g., Odum Lecture Series)
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A sister, Mary Frances Schinhan, born on September 17, 1919, presently resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, near the gracious Odum family home, which now serves as an affiliated center for the community. Eugene's father, Howard Washington Odum, was a distinguished scholar and published numerous books on social justice, southern regionalism, and racial equality (see Craige, 2001 for details)
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. Odum's early research centered on avian research, especially the role of fat deposition for protracted migratory flights, and on avian natural history subjects.
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Gene Odum portrayed intellectual and personal growth throughout his life, evolving from an avian ecologist in the 1930s and 1940s to an ecosystem ecologist and a holistic thinker later in his life. From the 1950s through the 1980s he helped establish the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, the Sapelo Island Marine Institute, and the world-famous Institute of Ecology.
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Eugene designated in his will that more than half his 26-acre estate at Beech Creek be placed in permanent conservation protection, thus providing habitat for the wildlife he loved. His legacy of generosity will benefit generations in pursuit of education, research, and service.
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1990 Honored at the seventy-fifth annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America 1991 Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Award 1992 Environmental Educator Award, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award, Georgia Environmental Council Estuarine Federation Lifetime Achievement Award, established to honor Eugene P Odum, Howard T
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Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
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Odum. Trophic structure and productivity of a windward coral reef community on Eniwetok atoll.
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8:11-18. 1969 The strategy of ecosystem development.
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Odum. The energetic basis for valuation of ecosystem services.
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