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About the Crater Lake NP Oral
History Series
Interviewer: Stephen R. Mark,
Crater Lake National Park Historian
Interview
Location and Date:
At James Kezer's residence in Eugene, Oregon,
January 26, 1997
Transcription:
Transcribed by Renee Edwards, August 1998
Biographical
Summary (from the interview introduction)
James Kezer is an
emeritus professor of biology at the University of Oregon. A
world authority on salamander chromosomes, Dr. Kezer did
pioneering work in the field of amphibian cytogenetics. He
is also an excellent field naturalist, a calling no doubt
aided by having spent the summers of 1951 and 1952 in Crater
Lake National Park.
This interview
took place at his residence in Eugene, where he continues to
engage every visitor with boundless enthusiasm and a living
room that also serves as concert hall. As current editor of
the long-time serial Nature Notes from Crater Lake, I
could not resist his suggestion to team up and produce a
special on Sphagnum Bog. It is a chance for me to reacquaint
myself with a fascinating corner of the park and an
opportunity to work with a former editor only 47 years
removed from the job.
Materials
Associated with this interview on file at the
Dick Brown library at Crater Lake National
Park's Steel Visitor Center: Taped interview; file includes correspondence, copies of articles,
and photographs.
To the reader:
James Kezer is an
emeritus professor of biology at the University of Oregon. A
world authority on salamander chromosomes, Dr. Kezer did
pioneering work in the field of amphibian cytogenetics. He
is also an excellent field naturalist, a calling no doubt
aided by having spent the summers of 1951 and 1952 in Crater
Lake National Park.
This interview
took place at his residence in Eugene, where he continues to
engage every visitor with boundless enthusiasm and a living
room that also serves as concert hall. As current editor of
the long-time serial Nature Notes from Crater Lake, I
could not resist his suggestion to team up and produce a
special on Sphagnum Bog. It is a chance for me to reacquaint
myself with a fascinating corner of the park and an
opportunity to work with a former editor only 47 years
removed from the job.
Stephen R. Mark
February 1999
