IN MEMORIAM-ROBERT E. PRESTON

摘要

Robert Eyre Preston passed away at Tendercare Greenview in Alpena, Michigan on Friday, January 17, 2014 at the age of 74. Robert was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on March 29, 1939 to William and Sarah (Eyre) Preston. He received a B.A. in Biology from Oberlin College and pursued his Ph.D. in amphibian ecology at St. Louis University. He was an accomplished oboist and throughout his life was devoted to both classical music and nature. He moved to Alpena in 1983 with his second wife, Carolyn Koppenol, M.D., and youngest daughter, Jessica. For many years he was an active member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Alpena. He loved the northeastern Michigan area and was active in the Michigan Karst Conservancy as well as the local Audubon Society and the Michigan Botanical Club. He was employed as a Biology instructor at Alpena Community College for a few years but more recently had been very involved at the University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH), where he was a Visiting Researcher.