Loyola University New Orleans Department of Biological Sciences presents the inaugural Professor Walter Moore Lecture in Ecology to be delivered by Michael R. Willig, Ph.D., director of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation, on Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 7 p.m. in Monroe Hall, Room 157.
The Professor Walter G. Moore Endowed Fund in Ecology
Professor Walter G. Moore served as a faculty member in Loyola’s Department of Biological Sciences for more than 30 years, until his retirement in 1979. Moore was a warm, engaging, and dedicated professor, known as "the ecologist" at Loyola during his career. His general biology, zoology, comparative anatomy, embryology, and ecology courses were enjoyed by thousands Loyola undergraduates, who then went on to successful careers in environmental biology, education, and the health professions. His love of ecology, and especially of the biology of fairy shrimps, was shared with many students in field trips to our local bayous, swamps, lakes and marshes.
An endowed fund has been established to support Lectures in Ecology in his name. This lecture series allows the university to bring eminent ecologists to campus to enrich the lives of students and to celebrate the memory of Moore's contributions to ecology at Loyola.