Cross-posting this from another list. Phil wrote wonderful stuff on the
history of the intricacies of the relationship between alcohol science and a
broader external political environment.  

Ron

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Subject: In Memoriam: Philip Pauly, Professor of History, Rutgers University

From: "Gregg Mitman" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:01 AM
Subject: In Memoriam: Philip Pauly, Professor of History, Rutgers University


It is with great sadness that I write to report the death of Philip
Pauly, a professor of history at Rutgers University, who was well
known to many of us in both the history of science and environmental
history.  Phil died on Wednesday, April 2nd, at the age of 57, from
complications stemming from lymphoma.

Trained in the history of science at Johns Hopkins University, Phil
became a creative light in the history of biology and American
science.  His work was always innovative and provocative.  Whether
writing about the life of biologist Jacques Loeb,  the Marine
Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole as a summer resort, or the
planting of Japanese cherry trees in Washington, D.C., Phil never
failed to show how integral and important the history of biology was
to American culture and life.  His most recent book, Fruits and
Plains: The Horticultural Transformation of America, published in
February 2008 by Harvard University Press, is a culmination of his
research and writing over the last decade that breaks important new
ground in illuminating how the history of horticulture might serve as
a bridge between the fields of environmental history and the history
of science, as well as offer a broader framework for integrating
cultural and natural history.

Phil cared greatly, not only about ideas, but about people.  A person
of remarkable integrity, Phil gave generously of his time and broad-
ranging knowledge to anyone who asked.  He was a great supporter and
mentor of younger scholars in the history of science, and
increasingly, in environmental history.  His death is a great loss to
us all.

Donations in his memory may be sent to the History of Science Society,
PO Box 117360, 3310 Turlington Hall, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL 32661-7360.


Gregg Mitman
Director, Center for Culture, History, and Environment
William Coleman Professor of the History of Science
Professor of Medical History and Science & Technology Studies
Department of Medical History and Bioethics
University of Wisconsin
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI  53706
(608) 262-9140; fax (608) 265-0486