L. Walter Macior

L. Walter Macior
Born
Walter Aloysius Macior Jr.

(1926-08-26)August 26, 1926
Yonkers
DiedOctober 5, 2007(2007-10-05) (aged 81)
Academic background
Alma materColumbia University
University of Wisconsin
ThesisThe tetrakaidecahedron and related cell forms in undifferentiated plant tissues (1960)
Academic work
InstitutionsSt. Francis College
Loras College
University of Akron

Lazarus Walter Macior (August 26, 1926 Yonkers - October 5, 2007) was an American botanist. He was professor emeritus and Distinguished Professor in Biology at the University of Akron.

Life

Walter Aloysius Macior Jr. was the son of Walter Aloysius Macior and Alice Mary Macior. He graduated from Columbia University, and from the University of Wisconsin.[1]

He served in World War II as a Japanese linguist. He became a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Assumption, in 1956. He was professor at the University of Akron, from 1967 to 2000. He was a Faculty Research Associate at the University of California, Davis, in 1984.[2]

A scholarship at the University of Akron was named for him.[3]

Works

  • Macior, Lazarus Walter (1971-02-01). "Co-Evolution of Plants and Animals. Systematic Insights from Plant-Insect Interactions". Taxon. 20 (1): 17–28. doi:10.2307/1218530. JSTOR 1218530.
  • Macior, Lazarus Walter (1966-03-01). "Foraging Behavior of Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Relation to Aquilegia Pollination". American Journal of Botany. 53 (3): 302–309. doi:10.2307/2439803. JSTOR 2439803.
  • Macior, Lazarus Walter (1970-07-01). "The Pollination Ecology of Pedicularis in Colorado". American Journal of Botany. 57 (6): 716–728. doi:10.2307/2441296. JSTOR 2441296.
  • MACIOR, L. W. (1982-01-01). "Plant community and pollinator dynamics in the evolution of pollination mechanisms in Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae)". Pollination and Evolution: 29–45.
  • Macior, W. A. and E. B. Matzke 1951. "An Experimental Analysis of Cell-Wall Curvatures, and Approximations to Minimal Tetrakaidecahedra in the Leaf Parenchyma of Rhoeo discolor." American Journal of Botany 38(10): 783-793.

References

  1. ^ "L. Walter Macior". www3.uakron.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  2. ^ "Plant Science Bulletin". 54 (4). Botanical Society of America. Winter 2008. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved 2015-10-26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Scholarship detail : The University of Akron". uakron.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-26.