Dwight Billings Explained

William Dwight Billings
Birth Date:	December 29, 1910
Birth Place:	Washington, D.C.
Death Place:	Durham, North Carolina
Nationality:	American
Field:	Ecology

William Dwight Billings (December 29, 1910 – January 4, 1997) was an American ecologist. He was one of the foundational figures in the field of plant physiological ecology and made major contributions to desert and arctic/alpine ecology.

Billings served as president of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) from 1978 to 1979.^[1] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.^[2] In 1962, ESA granted him the Mercer Award, for an outstanding research paper by a researcher under the age of 40; ESA also awarded the Eminent Ecologist Award in 1991.^[3]

Career chronology

His advisees include Robin B. Foster.^[4]

Other sources

• Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 29 (1997): 253-254.
• Contemporary Authors, Vol. 113 (1985).
• Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Vol. 78(2) (1997): 115-117.
• Arctic, Vol. 50(3) (1997): 275-276.

External links

• Biographical Sketch by Charles Smith
• Obituary by Dr. Kim Peterson

Notes and References

1. Web site: ESA History: Officers. Ecological Society of America. February 18, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130212154817/http://www.esa.org/history/officers.php. February 12, 2013. dead.
2. Web site: Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. July 20, 2011.
3. Web site: ESA History: Awards. Ecological Society of America. February 18, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20080514202500/http://www.esa.org/history/awards.php. May 14, 2008. dead.
4. Web site: Foster . Robin B. . Curriculum Vitae . Field Museum of Chicago . 3 October 2021.