IN MEMORIAM —DON C. HENSON

摘要

Don C. Henson passed away at his home in Manistique, Michigan on Saturday, December 26, 2020, at the age of 75.Don was bom at Henderson Air Force Base, Nevada, on July 27, 1945 to Don C. and Julie A. (Murdoch) Henson. Don earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the College of Liberal Arts, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, class of 1970. He married Martha Jane Pinkstaff in St. Francisville, Louisiana, on June 11, 1967. During his college studies, Don also took a botany class from Dr. Robert H. Mohlenbrock, a well-known Midwestern floristics specialist, this formal exposure to plant diversity undoubtedly providing both the foundation and impetus to his later exploration of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Don and Jane served in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1969. The couple moved to Manistique, Michigan, in 1970 after their Peace Corps stint, when Jane took a teaching job with Manistique Area Schools. Don began collecting plants in the Upper Peninsula as they came into bloom in the spring of 1971 and continued as long as he was able.