Llano, George Albert, 1911-2003

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George Albert Llano was born Jorge Alberto Cecilio Perez y Llano in Havana, Cuba on November 22, 1911. He attended Cornell University, where he received a B.S. in 1935. Llano received an M.A. from Columbia Teachers College in New York in 1939. He began his Ph.D. work at Harvard University, but was interrupted by World War II. After the war, Llano continued his Ph.D. work at Vaxbiologiska Institut in Uppsala, Sweden and finished his Ph.D. in botany at Washington University in St. Louis in 1949, while also working in Alaska collecting lichens with his mentor, Per Scholander. Llano worked as a biologist for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and taught at Pennsylvania Military College, Harvard, and Washington University. He served on the staff of the U.S. National Museum, the National Academy of Sciences, the Library of Congress and at the Office of Antarctic Programs of the National Science Foundation. After an active retirement, during which he traveled and lectured, Llano died on February 9, 2003, at the age of 92, while on board a cruise ship headed for the Falkland Islands.

From the description of George A. Llano collection, ca. 1948. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 244396706

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creatorOf Correspondence and Related Files of the Program Director for Biology and Medicine, Dr. George A. Llano, 12/19/1969 - 1969 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Michael A. Spencer, Bromeliad Research Collection, 1853-2003 Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,
creatorOf Papers, 1946 - 1961 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Llano, George A. (George Albert), 1911-2003. George A. Llano collection, ca. 1948. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
referencedIn Photograph of Conference on United States Polar Exploration National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Files of the Associate Director of the Science Program and Program Director of Antarctic Biology, Dr. George A. Llano, 12/19/1969 - 1970 National Archives at College Park
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correspondedWith Michael A. Spencer person
associatedWith National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Cryptogams. corporateBody
associatedWith Paneak, Simon, 1900-1975. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Arctic regions
Wainwright (Alaska)
Panamá 08 PA
Anaktuvuk Pass (Alaska)
Antarctica 00 AQ
Scandinavia
Havana 02 CU
Alaska
Aleutian Islands AK US
Subject
Biology
Botanists
Botany
International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958
Inupiat
Lichenologists
Lichenology
Shark attacks
Occupation
Biologists
Botanists
Lichenologists
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Birth 1911-11-22

Death 2003-02-09

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