About Us
History of the Indiana University Department of Biology
The Departments of Bacteriology, Botany, and Zoology moved into the newly-built Jordan Hall in 1953, and combined into the Division of Biological Sciences in 1963. Ultimately, the Division was reformulated into the Department of Biology in 1977, with the graduate programs reorganized to reflect changes in the faculty. Jordan Hall received a major addition in 1984, and has been renovated piecemeal since then. Biology renovated and expanded into Myers Hall in 2001, and further expanded when Simon Hall was opened in the fall of 2007.
Historical materials
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- Jordan Hall dedication ceremony program (June 1956)
- Jordan Hall brochure (from its opening in the 1950's)
- "School Days" (covers 1896-1918, written in 1967 by Paul Weatherwax)
- "Zoology and its Makers at Indiana University: Sequel" (covers 1950-1968, by Theodore W. Torrey, 1968)
- "Zoology at Indiana University: The Torrey Years" (covers 1948-1966, by Frank N. Young)
- "Training in Microbiology at Indiana University-Bloomington" (L.S. McClung, 1981)
- "McClung's vision and effort to establish microbiology at IU" (E.D. Weinberg, 2001)
- "My Life—Up To Now" (L.S. McClung, 1996)
- "Where did all the departments go?" (covers 1950s to 1983, by Susan Green and Walter Konetzka, 1983)
- "A Brief History of Biology at Indiana University" (Frank N. Young, 1983)
- "A Brief History of Evolution at Indiana University" (excerpted from Frank Young's history, 1983)
- "Via Cadillac to Kalamazoo to You" (William Breneman's lecture on the history of the Earth, circa 1970)
Biology emeriti
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- William R. Breneman (deceased): 1977 retirement tribute, 1992 memorial
- Robert Briggs (NAS 1962, AAAS 1960; deceased 1983): 1982 retirement tribute, 1983 memorial, National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir
- Ralph Cleland (NAS 1942, AAAS 1946; deceased 1971): 1963 retirement tribute, National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir
- Sears Crowell (deceased): 1979 retirement tribute, 2002 memorial
- Ruth Dippell: 1982 retirement tribute
- Tom Donahue: 2011 retirement tribute
- Carl Eigenmann (NAS 1923; deceased 1927): National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir
- William Dean Fraser (deceased 1986): 1986 memorial
- David Frey (deceased): 1986 retirement tribute
- Gerald Gastony: 2006 retirement tribute
- Howard Gest (AAAS 2002; emeritus): 1987 retirement tribute, Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors biography
- Charles Hagan, Jr. (deceased): 1983 retirement tribute
- Edith Hayes (deceased): 1963 retirement tribute
- George Hegeman: 2002 retirement dinner
- Charles Heiser (NAS 1987; deceased 2010): 1986 retirement tribute, Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors biography
- James Holland (deceased 1998): 1998 retirement tribute
- George Hudock: 2001 retirement tribute
- Alfred Kinsey (deceased 1956): 1956 memorial
- Arthur L. Koch: 1998 retirement tribute
- Walter Konetzka (deceased): 1992 memorial
- Paul Mahlberg (retired 1992)
- George Malacinski: 2005 retirement tribute
- Leland McClung (deceased 2000): 1981 retirement tribute
- Carlos O. Miller (deceased 2012): 1988 retirement tribute, 2012 memorial
- Hermann Muller (NAS 1931, AAAS 1946; deceased 1967):National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir
- Craig E. Nelson: 2004 retirement tribute
- Val Nolan, Jr. (deceased 2008): 1986 Brewster Memorial Award biography, collected field notes (IU Scholar Works repository), 2011 Smithsonian biography
- Fernandus Payne (deceased): undated memorial
- John Preer, Jr. (NAS 1976; emeritus): 1988 retirement tribute, Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors biography
- Louise B. Preer (scientist emerita): 1989 retirement tribute
- Frank Putnam (NAS 1976, AAAS 1974; deceased 2006): 1988 retirement tribute, Journal of Biological Chemistry biography, 2011 memorial
- Marcus Rhoades (NAS 1946, AAAS 1966; deceased 1992): 1974 retirement tribute, 1992 memorial, National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir
- Albert Ruesink: 2012 retirement tribute
- Anthony San Pietro (NAS 1983; deceased 2008): 1988 retirement tribute, 2008 memoir
- Drew Schwartz: 1990 retirement tribute
- Barbara Shalucha (deceased): 1986 retirement tribute
- Tracy Sonneborn (NAS 1946, AAAS 1949; deceased 1981): 1976 retirement tribute, 1981 memorial, National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir
- Richard Starr (NAS 1976; deceased 1998): National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir
- Robert Togasaki: 1998 retirement tribute
- Theodore Torrey (deceased 1972): 1972 retirement tribute
- Paul Weatherwax (deceased 1976): 1976 memorial
- Eugene D. Weinberg: 1992 retirement tribute
- David White: 2000 retirement tribute
- Donald Whitehead: 1998 retirement tribute
- Gene R. Williams: 1996 retirement tribute
- Frank N. Young: 1986 retirement tribute
- Frank Zeller: 1992 retirement tribute