Dr. Paul Mathew Nolan
Dr. Nolan was a former president of the Charleston Natural History Society (CNHS) and long time board member, an elected member of the American Ornithological Society (AOU), and an avid runner. He was a professor at the Citadel, and the College of Charleston, in their respective biology departments and mentored students in their capstone and thesis projects. Dr. Nolan’s academic curiosity led him across the globe studying parrots in Puerto Rico, corvids in Hawaii, and penguins in Antarctica. He authored dozens of published academic and peer reviewed papers and was a sought after speaker with hundreds of presentations and invited speaker sessions to his credit.
Carl William Cole
Mr. Cole was a retired pioneer in the information technology field, a member of Mensa, the Triple Nine Society, and a graduate of the University of Arkansas majoring in mathematics. He was an active member of the Charleston Natural History Society (CNHS) tirelessly championing the well being of our beach birds as a Shorebird Steward with South Carolina Audubon. Organizations for which he also contributed his formidable intellect included the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Charleston Waterkeepers, Master Naturalists of South Carolina (In memoriam the Carl Cole Service Award was created for outstanding volunteerism in promoting awareness and citizen stewardship), and the Native Plant Society. Cole was fascinated with human existence and consciousness often writing about the subject in his poetry.
Cornelia Bowling Carrier, MA
A former president of the Charleston Natural History Society (CNHS) Ms. Carrier was one of the first reporters in the south to focus on the environment. She highlighted the threats to our wetlands due to human activity exposing environmental hazards to us all at a time of great social upheaval. In her lifetime Ms. Carrier taught at multiple universities including The University of Texas, College of Charleston, and was a 1976 Harvard University Nieman Fellow. Former CNHS president Jessica Hardesty Norris spoke of her thusly, “She was completely uninterested in anything shallow and had a fierce reputation from having resurrected the organization (CNHS) from near death.” In addition to her longstanding affiliation with (CNHS) she was a member of the Lowcountry Phi Beta Kappa Assoc., Harvard Club of South Carolina, National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Lowcountry Secular Humanists, Preservation Society of Charleston, Carolina Bird Club, Coastal Conservation League, Conservation Voters of South Carolina and the Sierra Club.
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