Welch, Winona H. (Winona Hazel)

Winona H. Welch (1896-1990) was a bryologist specializing in Fontinalaceae and Hookeriaceae at DePauw University. Welch and her mentor Truman G. Yuncker were responsible for developing that herbarium. In 1987 she oversaw the transfer of the herbarium to The New York Botanical Garden. She was born in Goodland, Jasper County, IN. She attended Indiana State Normal School, College at Winona Lake and DePauw. She did graduate work at the University of Illinois under William Trelease and W.B. MacDougall. Welch was the first woman head of a department at DePauw and first woman president of the Indiana Academy of Science. She died in Greencastle in 1990.

From the description of Winona H. Welch papers 1879-1991. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 44154227