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The Red and Black, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 1970
ODUM SAYS
Ecology relevant
By VERLE BARNES
Staff writer
An ecologically ethical un
derstanding must be reached
between man and the Earth,
the past president of the Ecol
ogical Society of Amerca night
at a banquet in honor of Dr
Eugene P Odum director of
the University Institute of
Ecology.
I)r John E Cantlon, guest
speaker at the* testimonial din
ner for Odum, spoke on the
concept of "wholism. the ecol
ogical idea of community.'
We need to communicate
the need for love of not only our
fellow human beings, but also
other beings This may be the
most important meaning of
ecology. Cantlon. provost at
Michigan State University,
said
The speaker, who is best
known for his work in the Arc
tic. said that inter-relationships
lorm the core of the study of
ecology.
•ECOLOGY, by its very
substance concerns inter rela
tionships. he asserted There
are literally millions of interde
pendencies that are unknown
This concept of wholism. or
the idea of community, is one
definition of ecology
Cantlon spoke of ethical and
moral ecology as it relates to
man He declared. An ecologi
cally ethical understanding
must be achieved between man
and his planet He mentioned
unplanned and unmonitored
erosion of the earth as an ex
ample of the lack of this under
standing
Changes that assault the
personal dignity of human
beings must be forecast and
prevented. Cantlon said
“THE MOST DRAMATIC
threats have occured since
1945. Cantlon said and ex
plained that the present sys
tems and changes which have
been made are so complex that
it is not at all likely that we
will know how to alter or be
able to alter them before dam
age is done
As ecologists, we can seek
Mime solace in that our science
has sought to aid the situation,
he observed
Odum, who was recently
elected to the National Acade
my of Science, responded to
Cantlon s address with a few of
his own ideas.
Noting that many people feel
that ecology is more relevant
now than in the past. Odum
said. “Ecology has become
revelant at different levels, its
relevance being in regard to the
total.
ODUM. WHO SPOKE to an
audience that included 47 of his
former students and other
guests, including University
President Fred Davison, cited
the different stages of develop
ment of ecology in educational
institutions.
He emphasized that the first
stage was the addition of the
Ph D program, though the
second stage, that of develop-
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ment, is the toughest.
Odum, an Alumni Founda
tion Distinguished Professor
since 1957. indicated apprecia
tion to the University for assist
ance in the development of the
ecology program on campus,
stating that the program has
evolved rather than having
been hurriedly created
I look forward to the next 20
years to use this new applied
ecology.' he concluded
THE MASTER of Ceremo
nies at the banquet. Armando
A de la Cruz of Mississippi
State University, named what
he thought to be Dr Odums'
three greatest contributions as
follows: his books; his stu
dents. the quality of which was
exemplified in the 47 present;
and his numerous awards.
Edward J Kuenzler. of the
University of North Carolina,
responded to Dr. Odum's re
marks by saying, "ft is suffi
cient I think, to say that he is
the most admired, respected
and beloved major professor a
student could have."
The banquet highlighted a
two-day symposium in which
the different students of Dr
Odum spoke on varying sub
jects related to ecology
Photo by ROB NOVIT
DR. EUGENE P. ODUM (l) WITH DR JOHN E. CANTLON
Odum was honored at ecological symposium
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