Lawrence, Donald B. (Donald Buermann), 1911-1996

Donald B. Lawrence was a faculty member in the Botany Department at the University of Minnesota. Lawrence's main area of research involved studies of vegetation development on new land surfaces following glacier recession, landslides, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Although he was a botanist, glacier related studies were his first love. Lawrence took over the Glacier Bay seedling plot study begun by William S. Cooper in 1916, and visited the plots every few years starting in 1941 and ending in 1988.Lawrence also helped create the Cedar Creek Natural History Area in Anoka County, Minnesota. He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota in May, 1996.

From the description of Donald Buermann Lawrence papers, 1932-1996. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62693410

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