Abstract
This year’s recipient of the Harrell Strimple award is Mr. Jack Wittry. Jack is a a resident of the Chicago area, and long-time volunteer at the Field Museum of Natural History, where he became a specialist in the flora and fauna of the world-famous Mazon Creek biota. The Strimple Award is being given to Jack for his many activities in public education and outreach, service to the scientific community, and scientific accomplishments, particularly in the area of paleobotany. He started his work at the Field Museum on September 12, 2001. His principal task at that time was reorganizing the gigantic Mazon Creek fossil collection, which includes both plants and animals of late Middle Pennsylvanian age. Mazon Creek, an iconic fossil assemblage, has been collected for over 100 years by amateurs and professionals alike. The fossils occur in shales (the …
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