[BCMA] Mary-Lou Florian receives Honourary PhD at UVIC Spring Convocation June 14, 2011

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Mary-Lou Florian received her honorary degree today, at the first Spring University of Victoria convocation.  She gave a stirring speech in favour of museums and the conservation profession.  We will attempt to make it available.
Martin Segger


On 11-06-14 4:29 PM, "Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv." <bcma at lists.vvv.com> wrote:

Wonderful news!

Please pass my congratulations and warmest regards to Mary-Lou, one conservator who always kept us curators on their toes!

Dan Gallacher

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Recognizing  exceptional records of distinction and achievement, the University of Victoria  will confer honorary degrees upon four individuals during spring convocation  ceremonies, June 14 – 17, in the University Centre Farquhar  Auditorium.

Mary-Lou  Florian
Honorary  Doctor of Science (10 a.m., June 14)

An  internationally recognized pioneer of conservation science in Canada, Mary-Lou  Florian was the first biologist hired by the Canadian Conservation Institute  before she joined the staff of the Royal BC Museum in 1978. In an extended and  distinguished career at the museum, she focused her expertise on artifact  conservation – especially First Nations’ totems, basketry and wooden cultural  objects recovered from waterlogged archaeological sites.

She  has consulted widely on fungal damage in art collections and is regularly  called upon to identify archaeological wood and plant materials. At UVic,  Florian was affectionately known as the “rotten wood lady” among her students  in the Faculty of Fine Arts’ cultural resource management  program.




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Martin Segger M.Phil., F.C.M.A., F.R.S.A.
Senior Research Associate, Centre for Global Studies (Adj. Professor Dept. History in Art), University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, P.O. Box 3025 STN CSC, Victoria, B.C. Canada, V8W 3P2. E-mail: msegger at uvic.ca.  President, Commonwealth Association of Museums.

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