Fellows
The NPSO Fellows Award recognizes individual members for their exceptional contributions to the Society. The guidelines for nomination are available online or by request from the Fellows Committee at fe*****@*******on.org.
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Lisa Blackburn
Last Updated on March 21, 2024 by Tom Pratum Lisa Blackburn was born and raised in southern California. As a child, she enjoyed numerous camping vacations with her family all over the western United States. These trips and her mother’s interest in gardening sparked her interest in botany and geology. When Lisa attended the University…
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Linda Ann Vorobik
Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum When Linda was just a baby, her parents bought 34 acres on Lopez Island, the perfect setting to learn about the natural world around her. She started by helping her mother in the garden, then expanded to surrounding natural areas. Her parents taught her the names…
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Barbara Mumblo
Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum Barb Mumblo’s family lived in five different states (never more than five years at any location) during her father’s US Air Force career. In 1975 she found her forever home in Oregon when she and her 6-year-old daughter visited Oregon. She was inspired to go back…
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Frances Stilwell
Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum Frances Stilwell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and received a BA in botany from the University of Cincinnati, specializing in taxonomy of plants of southwestern Ohio. She received an MS in botany/biophysics at the same institution under a Public…
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Esther McEvoy
Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum Esther Helen Gruber McEvoy earned a BA in Art from Lewis and Clark College in 1974 and a BS from Portland State University (PSU) in 1978. During the late 1970s she worked as a teaching assistant in two locations: a botany class at PSU and field…
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Bruce Newhouse
Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Tom Pratum Bruce Newhouse has had a lifelong love affair with Oregon’s native plants, animals and habitats. As a long-time member of the Native Plant Society of Oregon, Bruce has made major contributions to the conservation of Oregon’s flora while also helping to raise awareness of the importance…