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"James H. Speer (born 1971) is a professor of geography and geology at Indiana State University. He is a past president of the Tree-Ring Society and the Geography Educator's Network of Indiana. He has been the organizer for the North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF) since 2003. Education Speer received his bachelor's and master's degree in geosciences from the University of Arizona and his PhD from the University of Tennessee in geography. Recognition He received the Henry Cowles award from the American Association of Geographers (with Thomas W. Swetnam) for their paper on Pandora moth outbreaks in 2002. In 2008, he received the Richard L. Holmes Outstanding Service to Dendrochronology award from the Tree-Ring Society. He received the William E. Bennett Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Citizen Science from the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement in 2011. He received the Henry Cowles award from the American Association of Geographers a second time for his book Fundamentals of Tree-Ring Research published with the University of Arizona Press. He received the Dreiser Distinguished Research/Creativity Award at Indiana State University in 2017. Research He has authored and co-authored more than 40 scientific papers. His most cited papers are: References * James H. Speer faculty profile * James H. Speer homepage * Google Scholar Profile * Researchgate Profile * Academia.edu Profile * Tree-Ring Society * Fundamentals of Tree-Ring Research * National Center for Science and Civic Engagement * North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF) * Speer et al. 2004 * Speer et al. 2009 * Clark et al. 2017 Category:Living people Category:University of Tennessee alumni Category:University of Arizona alumni Category:Indiana State University faculty Category:1971 births "
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"Lester Vail (June 29, 1899 – November 28, 1959) was an American actor of the stage, screen, and radio from the 1920s through the 1940s. In addition to acting in all three mediums, Vail also saw success as director on the Broadway stage, as well also being a producer of radio programs. Life and career Born on June 29, 1899 in Denver, Colorado, Vail rose to prominence on the New York stage during the mid-1920s in the drama, Caught. Over the next ten years he appeared in over fifteen plays on the Great White Way; his more notable plays being Behold the Bridegroom, which ran in 1927 and 1928, written and directed by George Kelly, and 1934's Are You Decent?. Vail and Ralph Forbes' characters await death in Beau Ideal (1931) In 1931 he took a brief hiatus from the stage, focusing on performing in films. In the year he spent in Hollywood, Vail made eight films, with starring or featured roles in all but one of them. His film debut came in Beau Ideal, the 1931 sequel to the 1926 silent film, Beau Geste, starring alongside Frank McCormack and Ralph Forbes. Other notable films include starring roles in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931), with Joan Crawford; Victor Schertzinger's The Woman Between, which co-starred Lili Damita; and 1932's Big Town, directed by Arthur Hoerl. Other films in which he had a featured role included Consolation Marriage (1931), starring Irene Dunne and Pat O'Brien; and I Take This Woman, starring Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard. After his short stint in films, Vail returned to the stage in 1932. He took another break from the stage in 1935, not returning until the war years of 1941-45, at which point he changed hats, directing, rather than acting. His biggest Broadway success as a director, was his last play, 1945's Chicken Every Sunday, by Julius and Philip Epstein. Beginning in the mid-1930s he entered a new medium: radio. From the 30s through the start of the 1950s, he acted and produced in that arena. He produced several shows for NBC, including Cyrano de Bergerac as part of the Great Plays series. Other shows he would produce for the Great Plays series included Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, William Tell, and Elizabeth the Queen. Vail would also be one of the directors of the radio serial, The Aldrich Family, which ran from 1939-53. Late in his career, Vail made several appearances on episodic television, including performances on Perry Mason, Father Knows Best and The Donna Reed Show. Vail died on November 28, 1959 in Los Angeles, California. Filmography (as per AFI's database) * Beau Ideal (1931) as Otis Madison * Consolation Marriage (1931) as Aubrey * Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) as Bob Townsend * I Take This Woman (1931) as Herbert Forrest * It's a Wise Child (1931) as Roger Baldwin * Murder by the Clock (1931) as Thomas Hollander * The Woman Between (1931) as Victor Whitcomb * Big Town (1932) as James Wyley References External links * * Category:1899 births Category:1959 deaths Category:20th-century American male actors Category:American male film actors Category:American male radio actors Category:American radio producers Category:American male stage actors Category:American theatre directors Category:American male television actors Category:Male actors from Denver "