3 collections related to Zoologists -- North Carolina

The Michael K. Stoskopf Papers, 1934-2020, primarily contain files related to Stoskopf's research and teaching and his involvement in professional organizations, particularly the American College of Zoological Medicine and North Carolina State University Center For Marine Sciences and Technology. There are also blueprints from his work with the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. Digital photographs as well as publications related to veterinary and zoological medicine, aquaculture, wildlife and the enrivonment are also included. While the materials span the time period 1934-2020, most documents date from the 1980s and the 1990s. Michael K. Stoskopf has worked at North Carolina State University since 1989. As of 2020, he directs the Environmental Medicine Consortium at N.C. State and participates actively in the inter-college Fisheries and Wildlife and Marine Sciences programs. He is professor of wildlife and aquatic health in the Department of Clinical Sciences with appointments in Forestry, Biomedical Engineering, and Toxicology. He is the Zoological Focus Leader and teaches extensively in core, selective and elective courses in the DVM curriculum and graduate courses in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. Less

The Reinard Harkema papers contain student recommendations, student photos, professional correspondence, and other professional papers associated with Harkema's tenure as professor of zoology at North Carolina State University, 1936 to 1978. Letters make up the bulk of the written collection, with notable correspondence between Harkema and David A. Becker, Alva Harris, Reginald D. Manwell, and Sturgis McKeever. Other material includes handbooks, programs, and proceedings from various North Carolina Academy of Science events and meetings; and a photograph album with pictures of Harkema's comparative anatomy classes between 1966 and 1975. Reinard Harkema (1910-1978) received his A.B. from Calvin College and his Ph.D. in 1935 from Duke University. Harkema taught at North Carolina State University from 1936 to 1978 as professor of zoology with a specialization in parasitology of wild animals. In addition to classroom teaching, he headed the pre-dental and pre-medical program in the Department of Zoology. During World War II he served in the United States Medical Corps as a parasitologist, and was a consultant to the Air Force following the war. In 1956, Dr. Harkema was elected president of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences, and in 1969 he received the NC State University Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor Award. Less