![]() ![]() March 1960 they took a spring break trip to botanize in the Southwest, Once they were snowed in duringĪn early fall storm and spent the night camping at Sunshine Shelter. ![]() Photograph the glaciers and forested areas. He remembers her as ".very outgoingĪnd a lot of fun to be with." When the snow left the Three Sisters highĬountry, George invited Georgia to go hiking and plant collecting with him.Īt some point they chartered a plane to fly over the rugged peaks to Sisters Mountains of Central Oregon for his thesis. At OSC, he was researching the geology and ecology of the Three (New Jersey and Vermont), where he had earned his Master's Degree at Like Georgia, Van Vechten was from the east When, in one of her classes, she met fellow graduate student and PhDĬandidate, George Van Vechten. Only assume that the newcomer was both impressed and inspired by theseĪnother important connection for Georgia was established that same year Where women were respected and encouraged to publish floristic works. Georgia Mason had entered an academic world Her students Patricia Packard and La Rea Dennis wereĬo-authors with her of such publications as Winter Twigs, and Handbook of Helen was a woman botanist who encouraged other women to seek careers inīotany as well. Plants of the Pacific Northwest, and Weeds of the Pacific Northwest. Had previously published Livestock-Poisoning Weeds of Oregon, Aquatic Old and retired when Georgia arrived in 1958, but was still activelyĪuthoring botanical publications and working in the Herbarium most days. Of study, except for brief visits to the east, she would live in the westįor the remainder of her life. Jersey Superintendent expected her to return at the end of the 2-year course Rented an apartment near campus and registered for Botany 411, EntomologyĤ12, Education 507, and Natural Resources 421 and 590. In September 1958, Georgia Mason, age 49, climbed into her green 1954Ĭhevrolet and left Clifton New Jersey for Oregon. In Oregon, have also provided their recollections for which we are grateful. Her niece, Susan Teller, as well as various people who knew her University of Arizona, and the OSU Herbarium records of her plantĬollections. Oregon from the official documents available to us, notes she left at the Person who has left scant written records of her activities - not even aĬollecting notebook - so we must piece together the account of her life in Up to speed, and Georgia Mason, after 27 years of teaching in New Jersey,Īpplied for and was awarded a grant to study for a Master of Science degreeĪt Oregon State across the country in Corvallis. National Science Foundation (NSF) offered incentives to help bring teachers To improve the training of scientists - notably in the public schools. Plans were quickly made at the Federal level Look at its educational system and did not like what it saw, especially in ![]() When the Soviet Union beat the United States to space, America took a good The Russians launched Sputnik and transformed the world! Her life because, on October 4, 1957, on the barren steppes of Kazakhstan, Things were about to change and Georgia Mason would take a momentous step in There for 17 years throughout World War II and the Korean conflict. To Passaic to teach General Science to grades six through nine. After taking college correspondence courses in science, Mason moved Name to Mason at this time so it might be more easily pronounced by her Wallington, remaining there for 10 years. Still in New Jersey, she began teaching grades one through seven in In her home state, studying to become a public school teacher. Young Georgia attended high school and college Jersey on March 16, 1910, the middle of three daughters of Greek immigrants Mason, whose birth name was Georgia Mavropoulos, was born in West Orange New Well as one of the state's major plant collectors before dying in Eugene at Of our mountainous West must have tugged at her heart, for she remained hereįor the rest of her life, becoming the author of two published floras as However, something about the glorious scenery There is evidence that she intended to return to that occupation when sheĬompleted her advanced degree. Through nine in the New Jersey public schools for twenty-seven years, and At the time of her move she had been teaching grades one New Jersey in 1958 to work on a Master of Science degree at Oregon StateĬollege (now OSU). Georgia had traveled from her home state of Out in the early 1960s to compile a flora of the Wallowa Mountains in the Georgia Mason (1910-2007) was a relative newcomer to the West when she set GEORGIA MASON AND THE FLORA OF THE WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON From: Dr. ![]()
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