Grace Lotowycz

Grace Lotowycz
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	New York, 11 Mayu 1916
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Louisville (en) , 8 ga Afirilu, 2016
Karatu
Makaranta	Vassar College (mul)
Sana'a
Sana'a	botanist (en) da Matukin jirgin sama
Wurin aiki	Filin Shuka na Arboretum Park Tarihi na Jihar
Employers	Brooklyn Botanic Garden (en)

Grace E. "Betty" Lotowycz (an haife ta Grace Elizabeth Ashwell, 11 ga Mayu, 1916 - 8 ga Afrilu, 2016) ƙwararriyar masaniyar tsirrai ce 'yar Amurka, mace mai tasowa a fannin tsirrai, kuma matukin jirgin sama na Mata a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu .

Rayuwar farko

An haife ta a birnin New York, ɗiya ta farko ga mawallafi Thomas Walker Ashwell da Helen Mariah Buffum Ashwell; a shekarar 1919, iyalin suka ƙaura zuwa New Canaan, Connecticut, suna zaune a gefen titi daga Maxwell Perkins . Tun tana ƙarama ta sha fama da cututtuka da dama masu tsanani, a wani lokaci sai ta sake koyon tafiya.

Lotowycz ta yi karatun ilmin tsirrai a Kwalejin Vassar, inda ta fara hawan dutse a Shawangunks daga baya kuma a Kanada Rockies. Ta kammala karatunta a shekarar 1938 sannan ta shiga Experiment in International Living, wani shiri na musayar ɗalibai wanda ya ba ta damar hawa tsaunukan Swiss da hawan Matterhorn na ɗan lokaci. Ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mataimakiyar mai kula da lambun tsirrai na Brooklyn .

Mai jirgin sama

Lotowycz matukin jirgi ne a cikin WASPs a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ɗaya daga cikin 1,047 kacal. Ta kasance memba na Aji 44-W-7 a Avenger Field da ke Sweetwater, Texas ; kuma daga baya aka tura ta zuwa rundunar jiragen ruwa daga Minter Field kusa da Bakersfield, California . An amince da Lotowycz da sauran masu shigar da ƙara na WASP a matsayin tsoffin sojoji na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu a 1977, kuma sun sami lambar yabo ta zinare ta Congressional a 2009.

Bayan da aka dakatar da WASPs a watan Disamba na 1944, ta nemi izinin shiga kamfanonin jiragen sama na kasuwanci da dama ta hanyar amfani da laƙabinta "Gerry Ashwell", amma a koyaushe ana ce mata "a'a". [1] Ta auri matukin jirgin ruwa Vlademir "Bill" Lotowycz, kuma suka ƙaura zuwa Damascus bayan yaƙin yayin da yake aiki da Pan American World Airways . [2]

Masanin tsirrai

A shekarar 1962, ta fara aiki a wurin shakatawa na tarihi na Planting Fields Arboretum State inda ta kafa kuma ta kula da tsirrai masu tsire-tsire waɗanda a halin yanzu suka kai kimanin samfura 10,000. Ta yi ritaya a shekarar 1984 bayan shekaru 22.

Lotowycz memba ne na kafa ƙungiyar tsirrai ta Long Island kuma memba ne na ƙungiyar tsirrai ta Torrey .

A lokacin da yake da shekaru 88, Lotowycz ya rubuta wani littafi mai suna Illustrated Field Guide to Shrubs and Woody Vines of Long Island tare da Barbara Conolly.