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Dr. Robert W. Freckmann
Born in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin in 1939. He earned his Ph.D. at Iowa State University in 1967,
working with Dr. Richard W. Pohl. After a brief stay at the Milwaukee
Public Museum, he joined the UW-Stevens Point faculty in 1968. Here he
taught vascular plant taxonomy to over 4,000 students in 32 years, plus
courses in agrostology, aquatic plant identification, dendrology, and edible
wild plants. Starting with one cabinet of about 1,000 plant specimens in
1969, he (and Dr. Frank W. Bowers) built the UW-Stevens Point herbarium into
the 3rd largest in Wisconsin, with over 200,000 specimens, based
mainly on collections by him, Frank, and their students. Bob is a
specialist in grasses, particularly the genus Panicum/Dichanthelium,
but is also one of the authorities on the flora of Wisconsin. He and his
wife, bryologist Sally K. Freckmann, are avid rock gardeners.
Here, Bob shows the parsley family member
Oxypolis rigidior to the
Botanical Club of Wisconsin, at Avoca Prairie (Iowa County, Wisconsin), in August 2006. |
