Alan Ackerman Beetle
{{short description|American botanist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Alan "Doc" Ackerman Beetle
| birth_date = 8 June 1913
| birth_place = Princeton, New Jersey, United States
| death_date = 27 March 2003 (aged 89)
| death_place = Riverton, Wyoming, United States
| nationality = American
| fields = Agrostology, Botany
| workplaces = University of Wyoming College of Agriculture
| alma_mater =
| known_for = Work with grasses, revising the genus Artemisia
| spouse = Dorothy Erna Schoof (div. 1963)
| children = 3 (Howie, Karen, John)
| parents = Ralph Dennison Beetle and Helen Maria Ackerman
| notable_works = Alan A. Beetle Herbarium
}}
Alan "Doc" Ackerman Beetle (8 June 1913 in Princeton, New Jersey – 27 March 2003 in Riverton, Wyoming){{ cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92216001 |publisher=Find A Grave |title=Dr Alan Ackerman "Doc" Beetle |accessdate=27 October 2013}} was an American agrostologist and botanist. He was a professor of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture in Laramie.
Life
Beetle adopted both surnames of his parents (Ralph Dennison Beetle and Helen Maria Ackerman).[http://plants.jstor.org/person/bm000000562 JSTOR Biography], Retrieved on 27 October 2013
He was married to botanist and malacologist Dorothy Erna, née Schoof (1918–2005), from whom he was divorced in 1963. They had two children, Howie and Karen. They also adopted a third child, John.{{ cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Dorothy-Erna-Beetle-Pillmore-92628946
|title=Dorothy-Erna-Beetle-Pillmore Obituary
|accessdate=27 October 2013}}
Beetle collected plant specimens with his wife and many other botanists, and is best known for his work with grasses. The Alan A. Beetle Herbarium, a collection of his grass specimens numbering in excess of 10,000, is located at the Department of Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management at UW. In addition to grasses, Beetle worked together with another botanist in revising the genus Artemisia
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