]> [collector note: UMO] "Kucera enlisted in the Army in 1943 ... returned to Iowa State University on the GI Bill and married his sweetheart, Elizabeth Tremmel. In 1947 he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry. He completed his studies at ISU with a Doctorate in Plant Ecology. He accepted a faculty position at the University of Missouri in 1950 as its first ecology professor" (vide The Gazette)] Botany Kucera, Clair Leonard Kucera, Clair Leonard C. L. Kucera Clair Leonard Kucera 1922 2013