Barbara Hibbs Blake
Born
Barbara Jo Hibbs

August 6, 1937
Roseburg, Oregon
DiedAugust 18, 2019
Lincoln, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
OccupationMammalogy
Known forEditor in chief, Journal of Mammalogy

Barbara Hibbs Blake (August 6, 1937 – August 18, 2019) was an American mammalogist and college professor.

Early life

Barbara Jo Hibbs was born in Roseburg, Oregon, the daughter of Gordon Reid Hibbs and Marybelle Hauskins Hibbs (later Ramsby).[1] Her mother was a nurse.[2] She graduated from Portland State University in 1959,[3] and completed doctoral studies at Yale University in 1967.[4][5] Her dissertation under entomologist Charles Lee Remington[6] was titled "A comparative study of energy and water conservation throughout the annual cycle in ground dwelling Sciuridae."[7]

Career

Blake was a mammalogist. Her physiology research resulted in articles including "The annual cycle and fat storage in two populations of golden-mantled ground squirrels" (Journal of Mammalogy 1972),[8] "The effects of kidney structure and the annual cycle on water requirements in golden-mantled ground squirrels and chipmunks" (Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 1977),[9] and "Reproduction of Asian chipmunks (Tamias sibiricus) in captivity" (Zoo Biology 1984, with K. E. Gillett).[10] In her later work, she studied the vocalizations of voles, in "Ultrasonic vocalization and body temperature maintenance in infant voles of three species (Rodentia: Arvicolidae)" (Developmental Psychobiology 1992),[11] and "Ultrasonic calling in isolated infant prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and montane voles (M. montanus)" (Journal of Mammalogy 2002).[12]

Blake worked at Drew University,[13] Queen Mary College, Bennett College, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was a member of the science professional fraternity Sigma Xi, and of the American Society of Mammalogists. From the latter organization, she received the Hartley H.T. Jackson Award in 2007.[4] She was editor in chief of the Journal of Mammalogy.[5]

Personal life

Barbara Hibbs married Anthony Groverman Blake Jr. in 1962.[3] They had daughters Virginia and Elizabeth (Eliza). Barbara Hibbs Blake died in 2019, aged 82 years, in Lincoln, Massachusetts. There is an Anthony and Barbara Blake Scholarship Fund at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.[4][14]

References

  1. ^ "Barbara Jo Hibbs in the 1940 Census". Ancestry. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. ^ "Marybelle Hauskins Ramsby". Find a Grave.
  3. ^ a b Nattkemper, Jane (1962-12-10). "Blake-Hibbs". The Terre Haute Tribune. p. 5. Retrieved 2019-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c "Blake, Barbara Hibbs". Greensboro News and Record. August 25, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  5. ^ a b "In Remembrance: Barbara Hibbs Blake '67PhD". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  6. ^ Gall, Lawrence F. (1995). "Notulae Remingtonio Oblatae" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 49: 262, Table 1.
  7. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. January–June 1968. p. 130.
  8. ^ Blake, Barbara Hibbs (1972-03-24). "The annual cycle and fat storage in two populations of golden-mantled ground squirrels". Journal of Mammalogy. 53 (1): 157–167. doi:10.2307/1378836. ISSN 0022-2372. JSTOR 1378836. PMID 5016678.
  9. ^ Blake, Barbara Hibbs (1977-01-01). "The effects of kidney structure and the annual cycle on water requirements in golden-mantled ground squirrels and chipmunks". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology. 58 (4): 413–419. doi:10.1016/0300-9629(77)90165-7. ISSN 0300-9629.
  10. ^ Blake, Barbara H.; Gillett, K. Elizabeth (1984). "Reproduction of Asian chipmunks (Tamias sibiricus) in captivity". Zoo Biology. 3 (1): 47–63. doi:10.1002/zoo.1430030106. ISSN 0733-3188.
  11. ^ Blake, Barbara H. (1992). "Ultrasonic vocalization and body temperature maintenance in infant voles of three species (Rodentia: Arvicolidae)". Developmental Psychobiology. 25 (8): 581–596. doi:10.1002/dev.420250805. PMID 1487083.
  12. ^ Blake, Barbara H. (2002-05-01). "Ultrasonic calling in isolated infant prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and montane voles (M. montanus)". Journal of Mammalogy. 83 (2): 536–545. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0536:UCIIIP>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-2372. S2CID 84861232.
  13. ^ "Environmentalists Back in Action". The Herald-News. 1970-10-01. p. 29. Retrieved 2019-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "In Memoriam: Barbara Blake, Warren Nichols '59, Tommy Grayson '68". Guilford College Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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