Comments on: A museum treasure comes to light: Professor D. Ralph Hostetter’s love of ‘God in nature’ and the Carolina Junco

By: Moderator

Moderator — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:38:27 +0000

In reply to Janet M. Ruth. Thanks for your interest. The Raven can be found online at http://www.virginiabirds.org/publications/the-raven/

By: Janet M. Ruth

Janet M. Ruth — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:23:11 +0000

Dr. Hostetter retired from part-time teaching the year before I came to EMC so I didn’t have the pleasure of having him as a professor, although like Conley, I do recognize the important influences that Homer Mumaw and Clair Mellinger had on my career. I’ve just retired as a research ornithologist with U.S. Geological Survey and find it wonderful to hear of this ornithological discovery of Dr. Hostetter’s contribution. Here’s hoping that it might be available in electronic form at some point. J.M. Ruth, Ph.D., USGS retired

By: Conley K. McMullen

Conley K. McMullen — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:03:30 +0000

Dr. D. Ralph Hostetter was just one of the inspirational biologists I encountered during my years at EMC. A true gentleman scholar, he once offered me a position as his museum assistant… if I would first shave my mustache (what he referred to as that little problem under my nose). Wonderful memories! Hostetter, Homer Mumaw, J. Mark Brubaker, and especially A. Clair Mellinger were profound influences as well, and I’ll always be in their debt. C.K. McMullen, Professor, JMU