Dr. Dan Evans earned a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology from Murray State University in 1961, an M.S. in Botany from Southern Illinois University in 1972, and a Ph.D. in Botany from Southern Illinois University in 1976. He joined the faculty at Marshall in 1974 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology. Dr. Evan’s research interests include the restoration of wetlands and riparian habitat, rare and endangered plant species, medicinal plants and the ethnobotany of Ecuador. He served for many years as Curator of the Marshall University Herbarium. Additionally, during his tenure at Marshall, he directed the Master’s Theses of 24 graduate students. Dr. Evans provided scores of significant studies for, among others, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, American Electric Power, the Ohio Power Company and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources. Among numerous awards and honors, Dr. Evans is a National Science Fellow and the recipient of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society’s Bartholomew Award for Service to Botany. His membership in professional organizations includes the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, the Society of Herbarium Curators (Past President), the Herb Research Foundation, the South American Explorers Club and the West Virginia Academy of Science. He retired from Marshall as professor emeritus and passed away on January 23, 2022.
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