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August 27, 2007Ada Hayden inducted into Iowa Women's Hall of FameAda Hayden (deceased), professor of botany at Iowa State University, was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame Saturday, Aug. 25, at the State Historical Building in Des Moines. Hayden was one of four honored with induction into the Iowa Hall of Fame, an event that was held in conjunction with Women's Equality Day. After being the first woman to obtain her Ph.D. at Iowa State University in 1918, Hayden was appointed an assistant professor of botany the following year. She also conducted research on Iowa's plants and ecology, publishing nearly 30 papers based on these studies. A Botanical Survey in the Iowa Lake Region of Clay and Palo Alto Counties was published in 1943 and is heralded by many authorities as one of the best surveys of Iowa flora. She was also a talented artists and photographer. She devoted much of her time and energy to the Iowa State Herbarium and added over 10,000 high-quality specimens that she personally collected. The Herbarium was named in her honor in 1988. In 2004, Ames dedicated one of its largest parks as the Ada Hayden Heritage Park. A 200-acre preserve in Howard County has also been named in her honor and several of the natural Iowa landscape areas she described in her report, "The Selection of Prairie Areas in Iowa Which Should be Preserved," have since been purchased and designated as state preserves. |
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ames, Iowa 50011-1302 General Information: (515) 294-7740 Academic Advising: (515) 294-4831 Email: las@iastate.edu
Michael Whiteford - Dean Bret Larwick - Director of Technology Dave Gieseke - Director of Communications |
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