Laurence Irving - Per Scholander Memorial Lecture Series

To provide lasting recognition of the scientific contributions of Laurence Irving and Per Scholander, the Irving-Scholander Memorial Fund supports the visit of an outstanding life scientist to the University of Alaska Fairbanks each year.  The visitor presents a formal lecture and meets with faculty and students for informal discussions. The lectures and discussions are a fitting memorial to Drs. Irving and Scholander, who provided their colleagues with many stimulating ideas and seminal contributions to biological knowledge. The series began in 1981 and is sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Biology and Institute of Marine Science. It is supported by private donations to an endowment within the University of Alaska Foundation.

Past Lecturers

  • 2009. Gerhard Walter Heldmaier. Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Germany. Mammalian Torpor: Turning Down the Fire of Life. Program (PDF, 796 KB)
  • 2008. Terrie M. Williams. University of California, Santa Cruz. Animal Olympians: How dolphins, whales and a couple of surfer dudes helped Michael Phelps earn eight Olympic gold medals. Program (PDF, 918 KB)
  • 2007. William R. Dawson. University of Michigan. Constraints and capacities in the potential responses of animals to climate change. Program (PDF, 2,131 KB)
  • 2006. James H. Brown. University of New Mexico. Microbes to monsters: Body size sets the scale of life. Program (PDF, 833 KB)
  • 2005. N. Michele Holbrook. Harvard University. Masters of microfluidics: Transporting water to the tops of trees.
  • 2004. Ian Hume. University of Sydney, Australia. Conserving Australian marsupials for knowledge of their energy and water requirements.
  • 2003. George Somero. Stanford University and Hopkins Marine Station. A physiologist’s perspective on global warming.
  • 2001. Eberhard Gwinner. Max Planck Center for Ornithology, Germany. A clock for all seasons: Cirannual rhythms in tropical and migratory birds.
  • 2000. Malcolm Gordon. University of California, Los Angeles. Crawling out of the swamp: What we can learn about the origins of tetrapods from living amphibious fishes.
  • 1999. Terence Dawson. University of New South Wales, Australia. Insulate or perish: Large mammals in hotter climates.
  • 1998. Gerald Kooyman. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Challenges in conservation: Emperor penguins, sea turtles and whale sharks.
  • 1996. Barbara Block. Stanford University and Hopkins Marine Station. The fire inside: How and why animals stay warm.
  • 1995. Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen. University of Florida. The dawn of comparative and environmental physiology.
  • 1994. Paul R. Ehrlich. Stanford University. Population and environment: Where we stand now.
  • 1992. Ken Storey. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Life below 0°C: Nature’s frozen vertebrates.
  • 1991. Jared Diamond. University of California, Los Angeles. Metabolic ceilings in Arctic cyclists, nursing mothers, and other super athletes.
  • 1990. Serge Daan. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands. Metabolic rates in birds and mammals: An evolutionist’s view.
  • 1989. Arnoldus S. Blix. University of Tromsø, Norway. General survival strategies of mammals and birds at 80°N latitude in Spitzbergen.
  • 1988. Peter Hochachka. University of British Columbia, Canada. The bionic seal of Antarctica – an update of the Irving-Scholander paradigm of diving in marine mammals.
  • 1987. H. Craig Heller. Stanford University. Mammalian hibernation: Turning down the thermostat.
  • 1985. Harold T. Hammel. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Homeostasis: The role of positive feedback.
  • 1984. Theodore H. Bullock. University of California, San Diego. Comparative neuroscience promises quiet revolution in our understanding of the brain.
  • 1983. Maxwell J. Dunbar. McGill University, Quebec, Canada. Northern marine ecosystems: Evolutional aspects.
  • 1982. Hermann Rahn. State University of New York, Buffalo. Life span and metabolism in birds and mammals.
  • 1981. Knut Schmidt-Nielsen. Duke University. Physiology and the challenge of the environment.

Biographies

Support the Series

Contributions to the Irving-Scholander Memorial Fund are tax-deductible and may be made online at the

University Foundation

or by contacting the foundation office at:

University of Alaska Foundation
Irving-Scholander Memorial Fund
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5080
907-474-8030

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