Keiser receives award
Terry Keiser, director of sustainability at Ohio Northern, received the 2017 Herbert Osborn Award presented by the Ohio Biological Survey. Keiser is being recognized for his exceptional contribution to the scientific advancement of knowledge concerning the occurrence, distribution, taxonomy, and/or ecology of the flora and/or fauna of Ohio.
The award was presented to Keiser at the recent Ohio Natural History Conference at the Ohio History Center in Columbus.
He joined the Ohio Northern faculty in 1967, rising from instructor to professor of biological sciences to chair of the department. He served as the chair of the University Council and is the director of ONU's Metzger Nature Center. He was instrumental in establishing the Metzger Nature Center in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and the ONU Tidd-Oakes Farm, a 300-acre wetlands restoration project just 12 miles from campus.
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