Re: [ECOLOG-L] David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule Folkloric Tangent

The Hubbs coastal archaeology collection is at USD, not UCSD. Odd, but that's the way it happened. Scripps wanted to get rid of it. Administrators? WT - Original Message - From: Barney Luttbeg To: Wayne Tyson Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] D

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[ECOLOG-L] HUBBS/was David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule Folkloric Tangent

I wrote a couple articles about Clark Hubbs that you guys might be interested, since you are discussing him! I also met him and admired his tenacity even at an advanced age. He is a character! This one was written after his passing: The Fish Wrangler http://tpwmagazine.com/archive/2011/apr/legend/

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule Folkloric Tangent

McNeely and All: Well, this should be at least one "data point" that demonstrates that if kids get the right kind of leg up at an early age, they can develop into well-rounded adults. Your point about learning more in informal settings also could be a message for teachers if only they weren't

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule Folkloric Tangent

Great stories- thanks. Clark Hubbs, who died in 2008, was a professor at UT Austin. There are links and other information at http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/tnhc/fish/hubbs/HIS/index.html. Cheers, Dan McNeely and all: Most interesting. That's a great story about the kids. Whatever happened to Cla

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule Folkloric Tangent

Well, Laura Hubbs herself was a scientist, working alongside Carl. She coauthored papers with him, especially ethnographic and marine mammal papers. Clark Hubbs followed in his father's footsteps as an ichthyologist, one of the outstanding ones. He was a professor at University of Texas at Aus

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule Folkloric Tangent

McNeely and all: Most interesting. That's a great story about the kids. Whatever happened to Clark? I wonder if he ever connected with Ed Ricketts? I don't remember anything I've read about Ricketts mentioning him. My wife, Rose Tyson, who was curator of physical anthropology at the Museum o

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule Folkloric Tangent

McNeely and all: Thanks for this; it hits close to home, if only a ricochet. Fond (but faded) memories of my main contact with Hubbs. A bunch of locals were asked to evaluate the site of the coming Wild Animal Park of the San Diego zoo (now called the San Diego Zoo "Safari Park." I had a 1968 F