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Formally, however, John Couch returned to the
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While at Cold Spring Harbor, his eyes hac! fallen on something else with attractive appeal and intellectual stimulation, which wouIcI keep his interest for the rest of his life.
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48 BIOGRAPH ICAL M E MOIRS ing in 1937 was what was to become a steady stream of awards, with receipt of the Jefferson Medal and Poteat Award from the North Carolina Academy of Sciences. In 193S, Couch receiver!
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JOHN NATHANIEL COUCH 49 lower fungi. Starting with an abstract in Science in 193S, and follower!
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50 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS Carolina Academy of Sciences, and appointing him editor of the journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (a post he held until 1961~. He returned these honors by graduating another doctoral student (Arthur W
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Remarkably, John Couch's guidance of advanced gracluate students during this same period intensified instead of diminishing, with the number of his students receiving degrees increasing by nine, with five of those receiving cloctorates (Elizabeth K Goldie-Smith, Maeburn B
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52 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS During the final clecacle before his retirement, numerous students continuer! to pursue degrees under Couch's direction ant!
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research would be microbiologically competitive, a gift for which 1[ thank him to this day. When ~ look back into my own past and his influence on my scientific career, T realize that John Couch provided me with a number of other gifts in the form of a venue of very important philosophical approaches to teaching and academic research.
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54 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS one of those wonclerful eucaryotic microbes he loved so well anct at a time when one could still pay attention to their morphological and cytological beauty, in an environment of true organismal appreciation, without any trace of embarrassment. It was this experience, couplecl with my love of microbiological approaches, that prompts me to this day to continue to return to the fungi as research resources after brief ant!
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