| 词条 | Grace Lotowycz |
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|name = Grace Elizabeth “Betty” Lotowycz |image =Grace Lotowycz.jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|05|11}} |birth_place = Manhattan, New York City, United States |death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|04|08|1916|05|11}} |death_place = Louisville, Colorado, United States |residence =Mill Neck, NY until 2003 |citizenship = American |nationality = |fields = Botany |workplaces = |alma_mater = Vassar College |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |signature = |footnotes = | spouse = Wladimir "Bill" Lotowycz |ethnicity = |religion = }}Grace E. "Betty" Lotowycz ( born Grace Elizabeth Ashwell, May 11, 1916 – died April 8, 2016) was an American botanist, a pioneering woman alpinist, and Women Airforce Service Pilot in World War II.[1] Early lifeShe was born in New York City, the first child of publisher Thomas Walker Ashwell and Helen Mariah Buffum Ashwell; in 1919 the family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, living across the street from Maxwell Perkins.[2] As a child she suffered from several serious illnesses, at one point having to re-learn to walk.[3] Lotowycz studied botany at Vassar College, where she began mountaineering in the Shawangunks and later the Canadian Rockies. She graduated in 1938[1] and then joined the Experiment in International Living, a student-exchange program which enabled her to climb in the Swiss Alps and scale the Matterhorn. She worked briefly as a curatorial assistant at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.[1][4] FlierLotowycz was a pilot in the WASPs in World War II, one of only 1,047. She was a member of Class 44-W-7 at Avenger Field in Sweetwater Texas; and was subsequently assigned to the ferrying service out of Minter Field near Bakersfield, California.[5][6] Lotowycz and the other WASP filers were finally recognized as WWII military veterans in 1977,[7] and received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.[1][8] After the WASPs were decommissioned in December 1944, she applied to several commercial airlines using her nickname "Gerry Ashwell", but was always told "no".[9] She married Navy pilot Vlademir "Bill" Lotowycz, and they movet to Damascus after the war while he worked for Pan American World Airways.[10] BotanistIin 1962, she began working at the Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park where she established and curated the herbarium of preserved plants that currently numbers about 10,000 specimens.[11] She retired in 1984 after 22 years.[4] Lotowycz was a founding member of the Long Island Botanical Society and lifetime member of the Torrey Botanical Society. At the age of 88, Lotowycz co-authored a book, Illustrated Field Guide to Shrubs and Woody Vines of Long Island, with Barbara Conolly.[12] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailycamera/obituary.aspx?pid=179725771 | title=Grace Lotowycz 1916 – 2016 | publisher=The Daily Camera via Legacy.com | date=April 24, 2016 | accessdate=June 15, 2016}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lotowycz, Grace}}2. ^https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/25/archives/thomas-w-ashwell.html 3. ^https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailycamera/obituary.aspx?n=grace-lotowycz&pid=179725771 4. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.libotanical.org/newsletters/1403.pdf|title=Long Island Botanical Society Newsletter|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} 5. ^http://twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p214coll2/id/5070/rec/1 6. ^http://twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p214coll2/id/2308/rec/1 7. ^http://www.poconorecord.com/news/20160515/decorated-wwii-female-pilot-99-dies 8. ^https://www.denverpost.com/2010/03/10/colorado-women-honored-with-the-congressional-gold-medal/ 9. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20150522200716/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/sports/local-sports/bolder-boulder/former-wasp-remembers-service-sacrifice-during-wwii-betty-lotowycz-flew-for-her-country 10. ^http://libotanical.org/newsletters/1403.pdf 11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/grace-betty-lotowycz-dies-decorated-wwii-pilot-was-99-1.11800027|title=Aviation pioneer Grace ‘Betty’ Lotowycz dies|website=Newsday|access-date=2016-06-21}} 12. ^{{Cite book|title=Illustrated Field Guide to Shrubs and Woody Vines of Long Island|last=Lotowycz|first=Grace E.|last2=Conolly|first2=Barbara|publisher=Waterline Books|year=2004|isbn=978-0976427506|location=|pages=}} 5 : 1916 births|2016 deaths|American botanists|Women Airforce Service Pilots|Vassar College alumni |
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