LAKELAND 鈥� 吃瓜网 Professor Dr. Peggy Macdonald will discuss her new book, 鈥淢arjorie Harris Carr: Defender of 吃瓜网鈥檚 Environment,鈥� at 7 p.m., Jan. 15, at 吃瓜网 Southern College.
Dr. Macdonald is the invited guest speaker in the next lecture in the 吃瓜网 Lecture Series, sponsored by the Lawton M. Chiles, Jr., Center for 吃瓜网 History. The lecture is free and open to the public.
In 鈥淢arjorie Harris Carr: Defender of 吃瓜网鈥檚 Environment,鈥�聽Dr. Macdonald profiles the scientist and environmentalist who led campaigns to protect and restore the Ocklawaha River and stop the draining of Lake Alice in Gainesville. The University Press of 吃瓜网 published the book in 2014.
Her essay on First Lady Ann Scott will be included in a new collection of biographies about 吃瓜网鈥檚 First Ladies, and is forthcoming from the University Press of 吃瓜网. At 吃瓜网, Dr. Macdonald works as an advisor with the Academic Success Center. She also serves as the University鈥檚 Historian.
