Editor's Choice: Honoring Joel Asaph Allen

Authors

Luis A. Ruedas, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Journal of Mammalogy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1-2021

Subjects

Editorials

Abstract

Joel Asaph Allen (19 July 1838 to 29 August 1921; Fig. 1) was a formative figure in the early years of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM). Prior to the constitution of the Society, Allen had been appointed by Hartley H. T. Jackson as a member of the Committee on the Organization of the Mammal Society (Hoffmeister 1969). By all accounts a retiring individual, he was elected to honorary membership in the Society at the first meeting of the ASM (Washington, DC, 3–4 April 1919—Hoffmeister 1969). Honorary Membership is “the highest honor that the Society bestows” (Genoways and Freeman 2001).

Rights

© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Mammalogists,

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab008

DOI

10.1093/jmammal/gyab008

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/35533

Citation Details

Ruedas, L. A. (2021). Editor’s Choice: Honoring Joel Asaph Allen. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(1), 10–12. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab008