Theodore Thomas Kozlowski
Biology educator, author, researcher
Born May 21, 1917, Buffalo (NY), U.S.; son of Theodore and Helen (Zamiara); married Maude (Peters).
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Syracuse University (NY), 1934; Master of Arts (M.A.), 1941, Ph.D., 1947, Duke University, Durham (NC); Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) honoris causa, Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), 1978, State University of New York (SUNY), Syracuse, 1988; Doctor honoris causa, Poznan Agricultural Academy (Poland), 1992.
Career: assistant prof., 1947-48, associate prof., 1948-50, prof., head, Department of Botany, 1950-58, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; prof., 1958-72, chairman, 1961-64, Department of Forestry, A. J. Riker prof. of forestry, 1972-87, director of the biotron, 1977-87, University of Wisconsin - Madison; senior distinguished research prof. of forestry, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, 1984-87; adjunct prof., Environment Studies Program, and Department of Biological Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987-93; visiting scholar, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 1993 -; visiting prof., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1954-55; visiting biologist, American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1970-71; John S. Wright visiting scientist, Purdue University, Lafayette (IN), 1971; George Lamb lecturer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1974; George S. Long lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, 1978; consultant to numerous organizations and countries.
Author: author, co-author and editor of 25 books on botany, biology, and forestry.
Member of, i.a.: delegate, International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Vienna (Austria), 1961; rapporteur, World Consultation on Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement, Stockholm (Sweden), 1963; honorary member, Societas Forestalis Fenniae (Finland), Societas Botanicorum Poloniae (Poland); honorary life member, Wisconsin Arborist Association; board trustees member, Santa Barbara Botanical Garden; International Union of Forest Research Organizations; International Society of Arboriculture; Scandinavian Society of Plant Physiologists; American Society of Plant Physiologists; Botanical Society of America; Ecological Society of America; American Institute of Biologiucal Sciences; Society of American Foresters.
Honors, i.a.: Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Zeta; Phi Sigma; author's award, International Shade Tree Conference, 1962; senior Fulbright research scholar, Oxford University (United Kingdom), 1964-65; intercountry Fulbright lecturer, 1964-65; research fellowship, International Shade Tree Conference, 1969-72; Barrington Moore Memorial Award, Society of American Foresters, 1974; arboricultural research award, International Society of Arboriculture, 1976; Distinguished Achievement award, Alumni Association, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, State University of New York (SUNY), 1984; Distinguished Alumnus award, School of the Environment, Duke University, 1988; merit awards, Botanical Society of America, 1984, International Society of Arboriculture, 1987, Wisconsin Arborist Association, 1987; listed in: International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the United States, International Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology, Community Leaders of America.
Served with: U.S. Army, World War II, Air Corps, captain, 1942-45.
Languages: English, Polish.
Office: University of California. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Berkeley, CA 94720.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996