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 1896 - 1965 (68 years)
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| Name |
Lulu Odell Gaiser [1] |
| Born |
1 Jun 1896 |
Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Residence |
1957 |
Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario |
| Died |
7 Apr 1965 |
Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario |
| Age: 68y 10m 7d |
| Buried |
10 Apr 1965 |
Crediton Cemetery, Crediton, Ontario |
| Person ID |
I00346 |
All |
| Last Modified |
10 Oct 2014 |
| Father |
William H. "Black Bill" Gaiser, b. 2 Sep 1864, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario , d. 1964, Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario (Age 99 years) |
| Mother |
Salome Schwartz, b. 30 Jun 1862, Ontario , d. 3 Jan 1936 (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
15 Jan 1891 |
Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario [2] |
| Notes |
- Salome Schwartz was a maternal aunt of Kathleen Mae Wurm. Kay was about 9 years old when her mother died of cancer. Salome offered to raise Kay. Kay decided not to leave her father but remained very close to this family.
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| Photos |
 | Farm of William Gaiser and Salome Schwartz
Farm was located on the first road west of Crediton, Ontario at lot 10, conc 9, Stephen Twp, Huron County, Ontario. |
 | Home of William Gaiser and Salome Schwartz
After they left the farm, they moved to this home in Crediton, Ontario. |
| Family ID |
F0044 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 1 Jun 1896 - Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario |
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| Residence - 1957 - Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario |
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| Died - Age: 68y 10m 7d - 7 Apr 1965 - Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario |
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 | Buried - 10 Apr 1965 - Crediton Cemetery, Crediton, Ontario |
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| Notes |
- Never married. Lulu Odell Gaiser was a renown biologist. She was a McMaster professor of biology at McMaster University and taught at Harvard.
Various published articles remain in circulation including "A survey of the vascular plants of Lambton County, Ontario". The library of Gray Herbarium includes 1 plant list, 3 grant proposals, 2 letters of recommendation for her, 4 Harvard payroll vouchers, 1 brief report of grant work, 1 note on Liatrus w/photo. Dated from 1946-1958.
Lulu was one of the first cytologists to understand the need for the publication of chromosome number lists, which she initiated in 1926.
Pallbearers at her funeral were Lorne Gaiser, Emery Gaiser, Ed Hendrick, Herb Jones, Roy Schwartz and Clarence Schwartz.
- Published in 1965 in the Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology.
LULU ODELL GAISER
1896 – 1965
In the sudden death on April 7, 1965 of Lulu Odell Gaiser, Canada lost a pioneer in the field of cytotaxonomy. Her study of the chromosomes of Anthurium, published in 1927, was the first cytotaxonomic work published by a Canadian. She was quick to recognize the value of the new field of cytotaxonomy of some earlier but outdated compilations of chromosome numbers and between 1926 and 1933 published four extensive lists surveying world literature – a work which brought her international recognition.
Born June 1, 1896 in Crediton, Ontario, she graduated (A.B.) in 1916 from the University of Western Ontario. After teaching Public School for two years, she went to New York City and obtained the A.M. degree from Columbia University in 1921. For two years she was assistant in bacteriology at Barnard College (Columbia University) and in 1924-25 worked as plant pathologist under the distinguished mycologist B. O. Dodge, with the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington. At Columbia University she was a student of Prof. R.A. Harper, a teacher celebrated for his research in cytology, particularly of fungi, and a keen follower of the developing science of genetics. Under his direction, she received in 1927 the Ph.D. degree for her work on Anthurium.
Her association with McMaster University began in 1925 when she joined the staff as a lecturer and assistant to Dr. R. W. Smith, Professor of Biology. Following his retirement she taught all courses in Botany for some 15 years. With successive promotions, she became in 1936 Professor of Botany and from 1937 – 42, Acting Head of the Biology Department. From 1942 to 1946 she was Head of the Botany Department and between 1946–49 held the rank of Senior Professor of Botanical Research.
As a teacher, she was outstanding; her enthusiasm and energy led numerous students to become professional botanists. Several studied under her for the Master’s degree. At that time, McMaster University did not award the doctorate but at least seven of her students received the Ph.D. in Botany, particularly in the fields of cytotaxonomy, taxonomy and cytogenetics, from universities in the United States.
Leaving McMaster in 1949, she went to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University as a Research Fellow. Cytotaxonomic studies in the genus Liatris, which she has carried on despite a heavy teaching burden, were published during her final years at McMaster and while at Harvard. Her attention was next directed to other genera of the Compositae. In 1950 she received a grant from The American Philosophical Society to collect in Mexico and Guatemala and subsequently published chromosome counts of the numerous collections made on the trip.
Failing health of her father forced her to return to Crediton in 1954 and with great devotion she cared for him until his death in 1963 in his hundredth year. During this time she was not inactive botanically. In 1957, with assistance of the Ontario Agricultural College and grants from the American Philosophical Society, she began a floristic survey of Lambton county, Ontario. With characteristic energy she collected as often as family circumstances permitted, sending specimens for identification to various specialists and working with determination toward publication of a county list, a project which she left well advanced.
R. J. Moore and W. F. Grant
Bibliography
Gaiser, L.O. 1924. Intracellular relations of aggregate crystals in the spadix of Anthurium. Bull. Torrey C1. 50:389-398.
Dodge, B.O. and Gaiser, L.O. 1926. The question of nuclear fusions in the blackberry rust Caeoma nitens. J. Agric. Res. 32:1003-1024.
Gaiser, L.O. 1926. A list of chromosome numbers in Angiosperms. Genetica 8: 401-484.
Gaiser, L.O. 1927. Chromosome numbers and species characters in Anthurium. Trans. Royal Soc. Canada III. 21: 1-137.
Gaiser, L.O. 1930. Chromosome numbers in Angiosperms. II. Bibliogr. Genetica 6: 171-466.
Gaiser, L.O. 1930. Chromosome numbers in Angiosperms. III. Genetica 12: 161 – 260.
Gaiser, L.O. 1933. Gaiser, L.O. 1930. Chromosome numbers in Angiosperms. IV. Bibliogr. Genetica 10: 105-250.
Gaiser, L.O., Sutherland, M., and Moore, R. 1943. Cytological studies in Martynia louisiana. Am. J. Botan. 30: 543-551.
Gaiser, L.O. 1946. The genus Liatris. Rhodora 48: 165-183; 216-263; 273-326; 331-382; 393-412.
Gaiser, L.O. 1949. Further distribution of Butomus umbellatus in the Great Lakes region. 51: 385-390.
Gaiser, L.O. 1949. Chromosome studies in Liatris. I. Spicatae and Pycnostachyae. Am. J. Botan. 36:122 – 135.
Gaiser, L.O. 1950. Chromosome studies in Liatris. II. Graminifoliae and Pauciflorae. Am. J. Botan. 37: 414-423.
Gaiser, L.O. 1950. Asynapsis and triploidy in a population of Liatris ligulistylis. Lloydia 13: 229-242.
Gaiser, L.O. 1950. Chromosome studies in Liatris. III. Punctatae. Am. J. Botan. 37: 763-777.
Gaiser, L.O. 1951. Evidence for intersectional field hybrids in Liatris. Evolution 5: 52-67.
Gaiser, L.O. 1951. A natural hybrid of Liatris (X L. Weaveri Shinners). Am. Midl. Nat 45: 750-763.
Gaiser, L.O. 1951. Evidence for the hybrid nature of X Liatris creditonensis. Madrono 11: 10-22.
Gaiser, L.O. 1952. Some rarely collected Mexican Brickellias. Rhodora 54:229-232.
Gaiser, L.O. 1953. Chromosome studies in Kuhniinae (Eupatorieae). I. Brickellia. Rhodora 55: 253-267; 269-288; 297-321; 328-345.
Gaiser, L.O. 1954. Studies in the Kuhniinae (Eupatorieae) II. J. Arnold Arb. 35: 87-133.
Zavitz, C. H. and Gaiser, L.O. 1956. Notes on Triphora trainthophora in Ontario. Rhodora 58:31-35.
- OBITUARY---Noted Botany Researcher Dies at 68
CREDITON – Noted educationist Dr. Lulu Odell Gaiser, botanist, researcher and McMaster and Harvard universities professor died Wednesday night at her Stephen Township home. She was 68.
Dr. Gaiser retired in 1954 after 38 years in the teaching profession which began in 1917 at the Crediton continuation school.
In 1919, Dr. Gaiser became an official at Neighborhood House in New York City before becoming an assistant in the botany department of Columbia University in 1921.
Three years later she took the position junior pathologist in the United States department of agriculture at Washington. From 1925-1949 she held positions of lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor and professor of biology at McMaster in Hamilton. She became senior professor of botany and research in 1949.
She completed her career as research assistant of the Gray Herbarium (sp) at Harvard University.
Dr. Gaiser received her education at the Crediton public school, Exeter high school, London Collegiate Institute and the University of Western Ontario.
Her credits include: Membership in the Americam Botanical Society, American Society of Taxonomists, American Society of Naturalists an d Onatario Society of Biology; contributions to the American Journal of Botany and Rhodora, Journal of Arnold Arboretum, Lloydia, Evolution and the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, and Genetica, Bibliographia Genetic: and a number of books on botany.
The service will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Harry Hoffman funeral home, Dashwood. Burial will be in the Crediton Evangelical Brethren Cemetery.
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