Earl Lemley Core

Biography:

Earl Lemley Core was a botanist and botanical educator researcher and author as well as a local West Virginia historian. He was founder of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club and editor of its journal Castanea for thirty-five years. He was a teacher and professor at West Virginia University for over forty-four years. He served for four years on the Morgantown City Council and was mayor of Morgantown for two years. The Earl L.