PSB 68 (1) 2022
IN MEMORIAM
perforation plates of ferns and primitive dicotyledons; bordered pits in ray cells and axial parenchyma; successive cambia; monocot and gymnosperm xylem; evolution of vessels in Gnetales; and the functional significance of scalariform plates. More information about his research, publications, and field work is available at his website www.sherwincarlquist.com. A Californian genus of Asteraceae, Carlquistia, is named for him, along with a species in the genus Stylidium, a hybrid Huperzia (Lycopodiaceae), and a fossil species of Nuphar. A genus of fossil wood, believed to be the oldest in South America, Carlquistioxylon, also commemorates him. Sherwin viewed his legacy as inspiring people to build on his work and go beyond it, following their own inspiration and insights. He taught so many to risk being an outsider, to think critically, access courage, and find enormity in the everyday. He believed it was essential to choose things to care for, and know why they’re worth it. His lifelong body of work will continue to speak for itself in both science and art, which is how he would have wanted it.
JACK LEE CARTER A TEACHING BOTANIST (1929–2020)
-By Dana Campagna, Mark Olson, and Ed Schneider
Long before the terrorist attacks of 9/11, one could walk onto the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, Maryland, from almost anywhere. There was no fence and no requirement to pass through security. So it was that I (J.D.M.) walked onto the campus with Jack Lee Carter on a spring morning in 1977—my first visit to NIH and my first meeting with the kind and gentle man who would become a long-time friend and colleague. We were on campus to attend a planning meeting for a new project on genetics education, being directed by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). Jack, ever the botanist and teacher, wanted to show me the campus flora, and so we arrived early 67
