William L. Bray [SEP] occupation
William L. Bray
William L. Bray, Ph.D. University of Chicago, botanist, plant ecologist, biogeographer and Professor of Botany at Syracuse University, was the first dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, from 1911-12.
In 1898, Bray received his PhD from the University of Chicago. In 1907, he was made head of the Botany Department at Syracuse, and in 1908 started teaching a forestry course in the basement of Lyman Hall. Dr. Bray was an associate of Gifford Pinchot.
- Ecological Society of America – Dean William L. Bray, and Professor Charles C. Adams, co-founders, 1915
- Finger Lakes Land Trust – Summer 2011: Cornelius B. Murphy Jr. named to Advisory Council along with Lynn Leopold, widow of A. Carl Leopold, Founding President
- National Parks Association – Bob Marshall, '24, board member, 1930s
- The Nature Conservancy – Dean William L. Bray, co-founder, 1950
- Onondaga Environmental Institute — Ed Michalenko, PhD '91, President