Wendell H. Camp Papers

Wendell H. Camp, born on February 22, 1904, in Dayton, Ohio, was a Professor of Botany and Head of the Botany Department at the University of Connecticut from 1953-1963. Camp earned his Bachelor of Science at Otterbein College in 1925 and his Master of Science in 1926 as well as his Ph.D.in 1932 from Ohio University. Camp began his teaching career during his sophmore and junior years at Otterbein College where he was an assistant in Botany. During his senior year, Camp became an instructor of Geology. At Ohio University, Camp was an instructor in General Botany, Local Flora, and Plant Anatomy until he left in 1936 to join the staff of the New York Botanical Garden as Assistant Curator, where he eventually advanced to Associate Curator in 1946. In 1949, Camp moved on to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia where he took on the position of Curator of Experimental Botany and Horticulture and later became the Director of the Taylor Memorial Arboretum. While in New York and Philadelphia, Camp served on the graduate faculties of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1953, Camp came to the University of Connecticut as Department Head and Professor of Botany. At the University of Connecticut, Camp taught Introductory Botany and advanced courses in Floristics, Systematics, and Economic Botany. On February 4, 1963, Dr. Wendell H. Camp died at his home in Storrs, Connecticut, after a prolonged battle with cancer. A detailed biography and list of accomplishments is available here.