In Memoriam: Pierce Brodkorb, 1908-1992
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Thus proclaimed the bold black letters painted on the door of Pierce Brodkorb's old office in Flint Hall at the University of Florida, simultaneously reflecting a great dislike and a great passion. Brodkorb hated Josselyn Van Tyne, his former supervisor at the University of Michigan, whose door had borne a card saying "Please knock and come in," whereas his great passion was his osteological collection and he did not want the custodial staff knocking over jars of macerating skeletons, trays of drying bones, or the great piles of reprints and correspondence that towered precariously on every surface of his inner office. Strictures on emptying trash were superfluous; Brodkorb never threw anything away. Pierce Brodkorb's life and accomplishments have been celebrated recently in an impressive festschrift volume (1992, Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Artgeles Co. Sci. Ser. 36) that includes a detailed
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