The new Academy members, Dr. Scott Huseby, Dr. Thomas Johnson and Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore were on hand to take part in a ceremony on the UMD campus.
They have been welcomed to this group that began in 2002 and now has a total of 71 members.
“It’s really important to take the time to honor the achievements of our alumni and former faculty of the college,” said SCSE Dean Andrea Schokker. “Hearing about the amazing things Academy members have accomplished is inspirational and the ceremony is a chance for people to connect and learn about the impact people can make in their field.”
The ceremony took place at UMD’s Kirby Ballroom where faculty, staff, and Academy members gathered to honor the accomplishments of the three honorees.
Huseby graduated from UMD in 1952 with a degree in Chemistry and minors in Zoology and Mathematics. He went on to become a medical doctor and entered the United States Navy as a young physician in 1957. While in the military, Huseby began an Orthopedic Residency at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was later assigned a tour in Vietnam where he established a military field hospital to provide surgical care for combat casualties. Upon his return, he worked in the amputee ward of Oak Knoll Hospital and eventually became Chief of Orthopedics where he established a training program in the area of hand and reconstructive surgery. Following 13 years in military medicine, Huseby joined an orthopedic practice in Concord, California. In 2001, he retired after practicing orthopedic surgery for 40 years.
Johnson started at UMD as an Associate Professor and Director of Limnology from 1981-1983. After a stint as the Director of the Duke/University of North Carolina Oceanographic Consortium, he returned to UMD in 1994 as a Professor in the Geological Sciences Department and founding director of the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO). Johnson held that position until 2004. From 2009 to 2015, he served as a Regents Professor of Geological Sciences and in 2015 he became a Regents Professor Emeritus with LLO and UMD. He specializes in great lakes research and paleoclimate records from large lakes based on geochemical signals in sediment cores. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geosciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Schulte Moore earned a Master of Science degree in Biology at UMD in 1996 and went on to earn a Ph.D. in forestry at the University of Wisconsin Madison. She is now a professor in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Iowa State University. Her research addresses the strategic interaction of perennials into agricultural landscapes to meet societal goals for clean water, healthy soils, abundant wildlife and inspiring recreational opportunities. Schulte Moore is also the co-founder and co-leader of the Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips (STRIPS) project which pioneered the prairie strips conservation practice. She lives in Ames, Iowa and spends time at a diversified family farm near Strum, Wisconsin.