Lee R. Dice

Lee Raymond Dice (July 15, 1887 – January 31, 1977) was an American ecologist and geneticist who taught at the University of Michigan for almost his entire career.[1][2] He taught at the University of Michigan for 38 years in total, during which time he founded the University's heredity clinic and served as director of its Institute of Human Biology.[3] He served as president of the Ecological Society of America from 1952 to 1953 and received its Eminent Ecologist Award in 1964.[2][4]

Lee R. Dice
Born
Lee Raymond Dice

(1887-07-15)July 15, 1887
DiedJanuary 31, 1977(1977-01-31) (aged 89)
NationalityAmerican
EducationStanford University
University of California, Berkeley
Spouse
Doris S. Lemon
(m. 19181977)
ChildrenBetty, John, and Dorothy
AwardsEminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America (1964)
Scientific career
FieldsEcology
Genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
ThesisDistribution of the land vertebrates of southeastern Washington (1915)
Notable studentsPhilip J. Clark

He is known for independently developing the Sørensen–Dice coefficient. [5]

References

  1. Evans, Francis C. (1978-08-21). "Lee Raymond Dice (1887–1977)". Journal of Mammalogy. 59 (3): 635–644. doi:10.2307/1380249. ISSN 1545-1542. JSTOR 1380249.
  2. "Chrono-Biographical Sketch: Lee Raymond Dice". Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  3. "Lee R. Dice, 89, Is Dead". The New York Times. 1977-02-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  4. "Lee R. Dice, Eminent Ecologist for 1964". Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 45 (4): 134–135. 1964-12-01. doi:10.2307/20165648. JSTOR 20165648. S2CID 252255076.
  5. Dice, Lee R. (1945). "Measures of the Amount of Ecologic Association Between Species". Ecology. 26 (3): 297–302. doi:10.2307/1932409. JSTOR 1932409.
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