{"id":1403,"date":"2016-02-03T13:20:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T13:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/?page_id=1403"},"modified":"2016-02-03T14:07:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T14:07:54","slug":"dr-lazarus-walter-macior","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/other\/dr-lazarus-walter-macior\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Lazarus Walter Macior"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>1926 &#8211; 2007<\/h6>\n<p>A prolific scientist and inspirational teacher, Dr. Walt Macior had lasting impacts on many researchers<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1423\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/index.1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1423\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1423\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/index.1-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"October 2003 Photo, courtesy Anthony Brach\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">October 2003 Photo, courtesy Anthony Brach<\/p><\/div>\n<p>and students. He had special interests in the plant genus <i>Pedicularis<\/i>(louseworts), and in bumblebees. The Department of Biology and the University of Akron are saddened by his loss, and we have tried to gather some items about him here.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/other\/dr-lazarus-walter-macior\/personal-history-and-obituaries\/\">Personal History and Obituaries<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/other\/dr-lazarus-walter-macior\/students-and-colleagues\/\">Students and Colleagues<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/other\/dr-lazarus-walter-macior\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/other\/dr-lazarus-walter-macior\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/span> (please contact us if you would like to post photos or remembrances to this site, or if you have questions or need information about Dr. Macior)<\/p>\n<p>Other:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Established two <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/colleges\/artsci\/depts\/biology\/bioawards.php\">scholarships<\/a><\/span> for graduate study in botany; the Lazarus Walter Macior Graduate scholarship in Botanty and Plant Sciences, and\u00a0 the Alice and Walter Macior Award in Plant Sciences for students. The latter scholarship is named in honor of his parents. Documents related to that scholarship indicate that Dr. Macior credited his mother with introducing him to the study of plants and instilling in him an appreciation of botany.<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Professor of Biology, The University of Akron<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Teacher Award, The University of Akron<\/li>\n<li>Taught many classes, including:\n<ul>\n<li>Evolution<\/li>\n<li>Plant Development<\/li>\n<li>Plant Morphology<\/li>\n<li>Bioethics seminar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1415\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/macior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1415\" class=\"wp-image-1415 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/macior.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Macior working with Chinese colleagues in Hongyuan, West China, 1996. Photo courtesy Dr. Tang Ya (CDBI, Chengdu, Sichuan, China).\" width=\"980\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/macior.jpg 980w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/macior.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/macior.jpg?resize=768,523 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/macior.jpg?resize=441,300 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Macior working with Chinese colleagues in Hongyuan, West China, 1996. Photo courtesy Dr. Tang Ya (CDBI, Chengdu, Sichuan, China).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1419\" style=\"width: 995px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/Lunch-break-Hongyuan-1996.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1419\" class=\"wp-image-1419 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/Lunch-break-Hongyuan-1996.jpg\" alt=\"Lunchbreak, Hongyuan, West China, 1996. Photo courtesy Dr. Tang Ya (CDBI, Chengdu, Sichuan, China).\" width=\"985\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/Lunch-break-Hongyuan-1996.jpg 985w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/Lunch-break-Hongyuan-1996.jpg?resize=300,195 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/Lunch-break-Hongyuan-1996.jpg?resize=768,498 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/02\/Lunch-break-Hongyuan-1996.jpg?resize=462,300 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lunchbreak, Hongyuan, West China, 1996. Photo courtesy Dr. Tang Ya (CDBI, Chengdu, Sichuan, China).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1926 &#8211; 2007 A prolific scientist and inspirational teacher, Dr. Walt Macior had lasting impacts on many researchers and students. He had special interests in the plant genus Pedicularis(louseworts), and in bumblebees. 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