Lowrie, Donald C. (1926-2000)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
DONALD C. LOWRIE, Emeritus Professor of Zoology, 1956-1972. The Emeriti Association has belatedly learned of the death of Donald C. Lowrie, emeritus professor of zoology, on January 10, 2000, following a brief illness. He was 89, and had been retired from the University since 1972, residing in Santa Fe. Don received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago, respectively in 1932 and 1942. His research field was arachnids, but his broader scientific interests led him to life membership in the Sierra Club and the Audubon Society. He was an active hiker and rock climber. During World War II and the Korean War, Don served in the Navy, stationed in Okinawa, and attained the rank of lieutenant commander. Prior to his faculty service in our ranks, he taught at the University of Idaho and New Mexico Highlands University. He joined the faculty of Los Angeles State College in 1956, when there were separate departments of zoology and botany within the Division of Science and Mathematics. Through all the administrative reorganizations of the faculty structure, including the formation of a combined department of biology, he continued to teach zoology courses until he retired in 1972. The Lowries later relocated to Santa Fe, where Don hiked and studied the vast southwest desert and taught at a local college. In the late 1970s, at the age of 69, he joined the Peace Corps and served in Paraguay. Don is survived by his wife Jackie and their three children.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Barnes et al 1988.pdf|MacKay, W. P.; Lowrie, D.; Fisher, A.; MacKay, E. E.; Barnes, F.. 1988. The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 79-131 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.]]