[Taxacom] Robert Weintraub Program in Systematics

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George Washington University and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have made a substantial commitment to education and research in systematics. 

The Program is named in honor of Dr. Robert L. Weintraub who, through his vision for research and graduate education, and generous financial support, made it possible to strengthen our program in systematics and evolution.

Professor Weintraub began his association with GWU as a Student Technician in Chemistry from September 1929 through November 1937. After receiving his Ph.D. from GWU in 1938, he worked for many years as a biochemist and plant physiologist for the United States Government. In 1963 he joined the faculty as Professor of Botany. He served the department as chair, graduate student adviser, chairman of the curriculum committee, and library representative. Upon his retirement in 1977 he was awarded the status of Professor Emeritus of Botany.

In addition to his decades of association with GWU, as an alumnus and member of faculty, Professor Weintraub also was among the University's greatest benefactors. For many years he and Mrs. Weintraub, who is also a GWU alumna, supported graduate fellowships in the Department of Biological Sciences. In recent years, Professor Weintraub endowed five professorships in systematics in the Department of Biological Sciences. Four of these professorships are named for members of his family (the Ronald B Weintraub Professorship, the Louis Weintraub Professorship, the Ruth Weintraub Professorship, and the Grace B. Carnes Professorship). The fifth professorship is named in honor of Robert F. Griggs, a former member of the GWU faculty who was one of Professor Weintraub's mentors.