User:Jaembree/Horton H. Hobbs, III

Was a biologist focusing on limnology, particularly stream benthic community dynamics, and biospeleology.


 * Ohio Academy of Science President 2008
 * Commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel, April 2012 (have to figure out how to write this documentation; no online or printed record, but date and fact were confirmed by calling the office of the governor in Kentucky)

Founding member and advisor to the Wittenberg University Speleological Society.

Obituary - Springfield News Sun

Obitary - Witt

Childhood
Horton H. Hobbs III, was the son of astacologist Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. was born on the 17th of December, 1944 in Gainesville, Florida.

On the origin of "Beep"

Accolades

 * Fellow of the NSS, 1986
 * Honorary Membership - National Speleological Society

Species discovered
Recipient of the prestigious Cardinal Award from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), an annual honor that goes to individuals who best reflect the organization's mission to "ensure a balance between the wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all." http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2007/12_27.html

http://www.ohioruralelectric.coop/magazines/country-living/june-2009/the-lightless-world-of-ohio-caves

CC1&2 renamed http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/kentucky-caves-to-carry-wittenberg-professors-name-1390314.html

We'll want to add citations to Wikispecies as well, cf his father: https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Horton_Holcombe_Hobbs

Selected Publications

 * Mammoth Cave: A Human and Natural History