Floyd Alonzo McClure

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1941–42:

McCLURE, FLOYD ALONZO. Appointed for the preparation of a revision of the Chinese genera of the Bambusaceae; tenure, twelve months from April 1, 1942.

Born August 14, 1897, Shelby County, Ohio.  Education:  Otterbein College, 1914–16; Ohio State University, A.B., 1918, B.S., 1919, M.Sc., 1928, Ph.D., 1935. Research in China on bamboo, under grants from China Foundation, 1929, Rockefeller Foundation, 1930 and 1934, and National Research Council, 1936.

Instructor in Horticulture, 1919–23, Assistant Professor of Botany, 1923–28, Curator of Herbarium, 1923–27, Curator of Economic Botany, 1927—, Associate Professor, 1928–31, Professor, 1931—, Lingnan University, Canton, China.

Publications:  Articles in Lingnaam Agricultural Review, Ohio Journal of Science, Lingnan Science Journal, Lingnan University Scientific Bulletin, Hong Kong Naturalist, Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, Scientific Monthly, Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Blumea, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum.