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JOHNS CEMETERY, MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE
YEATMAN, Henry Clay "Harry", 22 Jun
1916 - 20 Nov. 2013.
Henry �Harry� Clay
Yeatman, age 97, died on Nov. 20, 2013, at his home in Sewanee. He was professor
emeritus of biology at the University of the South and a beloved naturalist. He
and his wife have written �Nature Notes� for the Sewanee Mountain Messenger
since 1985. Yeatman was born in Ashwood, Tenn., on June 22, 1916. He attended
the Baylor School and then University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where he
earned a bachelor�s degree in zoology and a master�s degree in zoology with a
minor in botany. He served in World War II as a staff sergeant medic and
completed his Ph.D. after the war at UNC-Chapel Hill. He taught at Chapel Hill
and came to Sewanee in 1950 to teach biology. He was the William Kenan Professor
of Biology and taught courses in zoology, comparative anatomy, vertebrate
embryology, histology, parasitology, ecology and botany. He retired from
teaching in 1981. In addition to teaching at Sewanee, he served as a visiting
professor of marine biology at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in 1967,
did humanitarian work by assisting Iran and other countries with their efforts
to contain populations of copepods that carry guinea worm larvae; and worked
with the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization training scientists in copepod identification
to prevent the spread of parasitic worms and disease. In 2010, he was the first
recipient of the Trails and Trilliums Environmental Education Award established
in his honor. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, listed in Who�s Who in the
World and in Who�s Who in Medicine and Healthcare. He is survived by his wife
Jean Anderson Yeatman, son Henry Clay (Paula) Yeatman III of Lilburn, Ga.,
daughter Jean H. Yeatman (Claude de Pamphilis) of State College, Pa., and two
grandsons, Walker and Harry. The family will have a burial service 11:00 A.M.
Monday, December 30, 2013 at St. John�s Episcopal Church in Ashwood. A memorial
service will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at All Saints� Chapel,
University of the South, Sewanee. There will be a reception following the
service. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Harry C. Yeatman
Award in Biology at the University of the South, 735 University Ave., Sewanee TN
37383 or to the Community Action Committee, P. O. Box 267, Sewanee TN 37375.
Obituary sent here by Mary Bob Richardson 27 Jul 2016