XXII T. H. Goodspeed 



Soon after his coming to California in 1895, Setchell under- 

 took an exploration of the West Coast of North America, look- 

 ing toward a complete treatment of its algal flora. This project 

 has continued to be his major research concern for more than 

 forty years. His phycological contributions, and particularly his 

 monographic treatment, in collaboration with N. L. Gardner, 

 of numerous groups of Pacific Coast algae, have to do with a 

 field in which he was a pioneer and which he has cultivated 

 assiduously and successfully. Early in this work he visited on 

 more than one occasion those European herbaria in which he 

 could familiarize himself with types in the algae. At the same 

 time, he collected extensively from California to Alaska and, on 

 his first journey around the world, in 1903-1904, collected and 

 studied new or litde-known algal floras. The broad character 

 of the background thus acquired, together with research enthu- 

 siasm matched by industry, a rare sense of morphological values, 

 and a mature judgment, are reflected in the fullness of his phy- 

 cological contributions and their critical quality. Relieved of 

 teaching and administrative duties as Professor Emeritus, Setch- 

 ell is increasing his productivity. At present he is engaged, 

 among other things, upon the monographing of certain large 

 genera of the algae, such as Sargassum and C odium, and of 

 various genera of the Balanophoraceae; consideration of clima- 

 tological relations of the Wallacean area; and studies of the 

 morphology, taxonomy and, particularly, the distribution of the 

 genus Zostera. 



In 1920 he married Mrs. Clara B. Caldwell, of Providence, 

 Rhode Island. Mrs. Setchell immediately endeared herself to 

 his colleagues and other friends by her tact, dignity, and sym- 

 pathetic reaction to her new environment. In a quiet and un- 

 pretentious fashion she entered into the Hfe of the laboratories, 



