Foreman, Donald Bruce (Don) (1945 - 2004)

Summary

Don Foreman was a taxonomic botanist whose research centred on the families Monimiaceae, Atherospermataceae, Proteaceae and Winteraceae. After seven years working at the Lae Herbarium on Papua New Guinea and at the Botany Department at the University of New England, he joined the staff of the National Herbarium of Victoria. Alongside his taxonomic research Foreman undertook several major projects for the Herbarium. He was a driving force and the initial Editor of the Flora of Victoria project, the first comprehensive publication on the plants of Victoria for over 60 years. As Collections Manager he was responsible for introducing a program for the electronic recording of specimen data before the notion of an Australia-wide database was mooted. Many of Foreman's publications were on genera of Proteaceae for the Flora of Australia and the Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. Foreman moved to Canberra to become an editor of the Flora of Australia, after which he established a landscaping business with his wife and became involved in the scientific work of the Geelong Botanic Gardens.

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Chronology

1969

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of New England

1969 - 1975

Career position - Forest Botanist, Lae Herbarium, Papua New Guinea Forest Botanist, Lae Herbarium, Papua New Guinea

1975 - 1984

Career position - Tutor (later Lecturer), Botany Department, University of New England

1984 - 1997

Career position - Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria

1985

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New England

1986 - 1991

Career position - Treasurer, Australian Systematic Botany Society

1986 - 1994

Career position - Senior Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria

1989 - 1996

Career position - Editor Muelleria

1994 - 1998

Career position - Collections Manager, National Herbarium of Victoria

1996 - 1997

Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

1998 - 1999

Career position - Editor, Flora of Australia

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Published resources

Edited Books

• Foreman, D.B.; and Walsh, N.G. eds, Flora of Victoria. Volume 1 - Introduction, vol. 1 of 4 (Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1993), 320 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Barker, Robyn and Barker, Bill, 'Activities at the Lae Herbarium in Don Foreman's time', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 119 (2004), 16-8. Details
• Conn, Barry J., 'Donald Bruce Foreman in Papua New Guinea (1969 - 1975)', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 119 (2004), 12-5. Details
• Walsh, Neville, 'Vale Don Foreman 1945 - 2004', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 119 (2004), 7-11. Details

Resources

• 'Foreman, D B (19450527-20041231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-470576. Details