R. L. Hartman
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Name
Ronald L. Hartman
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Dates
11 Feb 1945 - 30 Jun 2018
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Specialities
Asteraceae, Flora of Wyoming, Apiaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Polygonaceae
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Roles
Author, Determiner, Collector
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Movement Details
United States of America, Wyoming
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Notes
Author Notes: Univ. of Wyoming
Determiner Notes: Univ. of Wyoming
Collector Notes: RM, RMS; Wyoming
Reference: Authors of Plant Names. 1992; pers. comm.; Index Herbariorum, ed. 8; Machaeranthera heterocarpa R. L. Hartman & M. A. Lane; NY 230794; NY barcode 405844, Cymopterus evertii; NY barcode 406046, Lomatium graveolens var. clarkii; NY barcode 406057, Lomatium shevockii; NY barcode 482835, Pseudostellaria jamesiana; Otopappus guatemalensis (Urb.) R. L. Hartman & Stuessy (NY 230794)
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Obituary published in 8 Jul 2018, extracted from Laramie Boomerang (newspaper), https://www.laramieboomerang.com/obituaries/ronald-l-hartman/article_03665cec-8245-11e8-b146-6f37c1ba34eb.html
accessed 21 Feb 2019:
Ronald L. Hartman
Jul 8, 2018
Ronald L. Hartman, 73, of Laramie, died, Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Hospice of Laramie. He was born Feb. 11, 1945, in LaPorte, Indiana, to Rudolph and Helen Tate Hartman. Ron grew up in Warsaw, Illinois, along the Mississippi River, and he and his brother David built and manned a “Tom Sawyer raft of logs” to float the Mississippi before he graduated high school. Ron and David also spent summers on the family farm near Akron, Ohio, with their cousins. Ron was fortunate to travel with his family to every state in the union before he turned 18. Ron was an active Eagle Scout and spent his summers between college leading the Boy Scouts treks at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. Ron was also active with his son Jakota in Cub Scouts and Laramie Boy Scout Troop No. 137.
Ron’s first two years of college were spent at Sterling College in Kansas, then he transferred to Western Illinois University, graduating with his Bachelor of Science. He returned to Laramie to complete his MS in botany with C.L. Porter from the University of Wyoming. He earned his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Texas, Austin, and his postdoctoral fellow from Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.
Ron spent 38 years as curator of Rocky Mountain Herbarium and professor of botany at the University of Wyoming, having 52 graduate students throughout his career. Botany and his colleagues were always his first love. He has been honored to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado Native Plant Society (2010), the Certificate of Dedication of the Ronald L. Hartman Excellence in Wyoming Botany by the Wyoming Native Plant Society (2015), the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (2016) and the Wyoming Biodiversity Science Award (2017) for his lifetime of work. Ron also earned emeritus professor status upon his retirement from the University of Wyoming and continued volunteering his time in the Rocky Mountain Herbarium daily. During his years as a botanist, he authored and co-authored many plant taxonomy publications and contributed several treatments to the Flora of North America volumes, the Intermountain Flora and the Jepson manual, with two genus (Elaphandra and Hartmaniella) and two species (Hartmaniella sierra and Hartmaniella oxyphylla) named for him.
He is preceded in death by his parents, aunts, uncles and some cousins. He is survived by wife of 30 years T.J. Poll, of Laramie; son Jakota Hartman, of Laramie; brother David Hartman (Judyann), of Thornton, Colorado; nephew Michael Hartman (Linda), of Broomfield, Colorado, and their children, Aiden and Mia; and niece Jennifer Wojniak (Joe), of Longmont, Colorado, and their children, Katelyn, Grayce and Abigayl.
Ron was donated to science to further the research of pancreatic cancer and Parkinson’s disease (PD). He challenged the PD diagnosis 3½ years ago by continuing his power walking all across Laramie and fought the progression of the disease by participating in the Rock Steady Boxing program at the Eppson Center. He was then diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 2½ months ago, which took his life.
A private family service will be later this summer.
Memorial contributions can be made in Ronald L. Hartman’s name to the Parkinson’s Association of the Rockies at www.parkinsonrockies.org.
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https://aspt.net/news-blog/2018/memorial-invitation-for-dr-ron-hartman-rm#.XG8AIuRKhpg, accessed 21 Feb 2019:
Memorial Invitation for Dr. Ron Hartman (RM)
December 28, 2018 ANNOUNCEMENTS, IN MEMORIAM
Colleagues are invited to a memorial celebrating the life, passion and accomplishments of Dr. Ronald L. Hartman, Emeritus Professor of Botany and former Curator of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium (RM) at University of Wyoming, on February 8, 2019 at the University of Wyoming’s Berry Biological Diversity Center (on Lewis & 10th St) at 5:30 pm.
Dr. Ronald L. Hartman, Emeritus Professor of Botany and former Curator of the RM Herbarium at University of Wyoming, died Saturday June 30, 2018, at Hospice of Laramie. He was born Feb. 11, 1945, in LaPorte, Indiana, to Rudolph and Helen Tate Hartman. Ron grew up in Warsaw, Illinois, along the Mississippi River, and he and his brother David built and manned a “Tom Sawyer raft of logs” to float the Mississippi before he graduated high school.
Ron spent 38 years as curator of Rocky Mountain Herbarium and professor of botany at the University of Wyoming, having 52 graduate students throughout his career. Botany and his colleagues were always his first love. He has been honored to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado Native Plant Society (2010), the Certificate of Dedication of the Ronald L. Hartman Excellence in Wyoming Botany by the Wyoming Native Plant Society (2015), the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (2016) and the Wyoming Biodiversity Science Award (2017) for his lifetime of work. During his years as a botanist, he authored and co-authored many plant taxonomy publications and contributed several treatments to the Flora of North America volumes, the Intermountain Flora and the Jepson manual, with two genera (Elaphandra and Hartmaniella) and two species (Hartmaniella sierra and Hartmaniella oxyphylla) named for him.
The Dr. Ron Hartman Memorial Fund has been set up at the Wyoming Community Foundation to benefit the Pilot Hill Project, in recognition of Ron’s love for the Pilot Hill Classic, Wyoming’s oldest footrace, and his deep appreciation for the Pilot Hill landscape and its conservation. To contribute to the Dr. Ron Hartman Memorial Fund, go to: www.pilothill.org and click on donate, or you can make a check out to: The Pilot Hill Project Ron Hartman Fund and mail it to: Wyoming Community Foundation, 1472 N. 5thSt., Suite 201, Laramie, WY 82072.
More details on Ron’s life and legacy can be found at: https://www.laramieboomerang.com/obituaries/ronald-l-hartman/article_03665cec-8245-11e8-b146-6f37c1ba34eb.html
Permalink: https://aspt.net/news-blog/2018/memorial-invitation-for-dr-ron-hartman-rm
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CV of Ronald Hartman, Univ. Wyoming,
https://www.uwyo.edu/botany/people/faculty/ron-hartman.html, accessed 21 Feb 2018:
Ronald L. Hartman
Professor
Curator of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium, including the National Herbarium of the U.S. Forest Service.
Specialization: Systematics and Floristics
Office: Aven Nelson, 304
Phone: 307-766-2236
E-mail: rhartman@uwyo.edu
Education
B.S. Western Illinois University
M.S. University of Wyoming
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
University Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University, 1976-77
Courses
Taxonomy of Vascular Plants, Plant Evolution, Phylogeny of Flowering Plants, Special Topics in Systematics: Molecular Systematics and Floristics and Biogeography of the Rocky Mountains, Herbarium Curatorial Techniques, Botanical Description and Nomenclature, and Readings in Plant Systematics.
Research Emphasis
Systematics of western North American Apiaceae, Asteraceae, and Caryophyllaceae. Board of Directors for Flora of North America.
Current Research Projects
Floristics inventories of the greater Rocky Mountain region (>550,000 new collections); databasing of the specimens (>750,000 records); imaging nomenclatural type specimens (Mellon Foundation funding) as well as material from other projects for the website.
Selected Publications
Hartman, R. L. and R. K. Rabeler. Caryophyllaceae. In: The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. Ed. 2. Univ. California Press. (In press)
Hartman, R. L. Apiaceae and Caryophyllaceae.. In: Bolack San Juan Basin Flora, 44 pp. ms., Missouri Bot. Garden. (In press)
Hartman, R. L., B. E. Nelson, and B. S. Legeler. 2009. Rocky Mountain plant database: URL: http://www.rmh.uwyo.edu.
Reif, B., J. Larson, B. F. Jacobs, B. E. Nelson, and R. L. Hartman. 2009. Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A.: The Tusas Mountains and the Jemez Mountains. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3: 921-961.
Hartman, R. L. and R. K. Rabeler. 2008. Minuartia macrantha: morphological circumscription, geographical range, and phylogenetic affinities (Alsinoideae: Caryophyllaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 1225-1232.
Rabeler, R. K. and R. L. Hartman. 2008. Caryophyllaceae in North America: change over the last 110 years. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 1285-1290.
Rabeler, R. K. and R. L. Hartman. 2008. Eremogone cliftonii (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from California. Madroño 54: 329--333. -
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