Tag: Class of 1972 Dr. Michael Bass Scholarship

UMW Alumni Mourn the Loss of Beloved Environmental Science Professor

Forty years ago, May Sligh ’88 wandered across the Mary Washington campus with her classmates as Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science and Biology Michael Bass identified trees. She can still recall him pointing out the white oak (quercus alba), red maple (acer rubrum), and American sweetgum (liquidambar styraciflua) to his students.“I knew that I had […]