Plants preserved in the Wake Forest herbarium hold clues to the past and the future
William Louis Poteat, seventh president of Wake Forest College from 1905-1927, is revered as a larger-than-life historical figure that championed the teaching of evolution and freedom of inquiry. But in an out-of-the-way lab in Winston Hall is evidence that Poteat, a biologist, was as interested in preserving the past as he was in charting the future.
Categories: Research & Discovery