Laboratory Manual for Non-Majors Biology, International Edition

About David MortonJames PerryJoy B. Perry

Jim Perry is Campus Executive Officer and Dean Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Fox Valley. Prior to his retirement in 2011 he also was Professor of Biological Sciences. Dr. Perry began his university education at Fox Valley's sister campus U.W. Marathon County in Wausau WI. He received his B.S. (Zoology and Secondary Education) M.S. (Botany and Zoology) and Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Pathology) from the University of Wisconsin Madison. His Ph.D. thesis was an ultrastructural study of the infection process and disease progression of a major fungal disease of potatoes. From 1983 to 1993 he was a faculty member at Frostburg State University. Dr. Perry and his spouse Joy reside in rural Winnebago County WI and spend as much time as possible at their cabin in far northern Wisconsin seven miles south of Lake Superior. He is an avid outdoors person vintage car owner and owns wrenches and drives a 1962 Volvo vintage road race car on some of the nation's finest road race circuits. David Morton emigrated to the United States from London England in his sophomore year of high school. Dr. Morton earned a B.S. degree cum laude from the State University of New York at New Paltz and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. His thesis involved iron metabolism in vampire bats and he continued his general interest in the physiology and ecology of bats throughout his career. Before retiring in 2009 he held positions at Wright State University and Frostburg State University. He chaired FSU's biology department for 9 years. He continues to reside in the city of Frostburg Maryland with Beverly his wife of 46 years. They have one son and four granddaughters. Joy Perry is Senior Lecturer of Biological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Fox Valley Menasha WI. Ms. Perry earned a B.S. in General Biology from Purdue University and an M.S. in Plant Pathology with emphasis on Integrated Pest Management from the University of Wisconsin Madison. She serves on the board of the international professional society the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE). An avid gardener she is active in local and statewide groups promoting community and school gardens as well as expanded opportunities for producers and consumers of local food.