Irving W. Bailey '07, professor of Plant Anatomy and chairman of the Institute for Research in General Plant Morphology, will retire this summer.

A full professor since 1927, Bailey became Institute Chairman in 1946. Following his appointment in 1926 to the Committee on Forestry of the National Academy of Sciences, he formulated a well-known long-range program of research in American Forestry.

When the Cranbrook Institute of Science recently awarded Bailey the Mary Soper Pope Medal, it stated that "As a teacher and administrator his inspiration and guidance have contributed to the growth of many leaders in modern botany."