Robert Edward Ogren (February 9, 1922 – July 13, 2005) was an American
zoologist.
Life
Ogren was born in 1922 in
Jamestown, New York, son of David Paul and Mary Gladys (born Ahlstrom) Ogren. While in secondary school, he developed a strong interest in
natural history and started to study microscopic biology at home.[1]
He earned a bachelor's degree in
Zoology in 1947 from
Wheaton College and a master's degree from
Northwestern University in 1948. He married his wife, Jean Blose Jackson, on 28 August 1948, and their first son, Paul Robert Ogren, was born on 24 June 1949.[1]
In 1953 he received a Ph.D. degree in Zoology and
Physiology from the
University of Illinois. His doctoral thesis was entitled "Concepts of Early Tapeworm Development Derived From Comparative Embryology of Oncospheres".[1]
He began his academic career in 1953 as an assistant professor of biology at
Ursinus College, remaining until 1957. During this time he had his second son, Philip Edward Ogren, born in 1955.[1]
From 1957 to 1963, he worked also as an assistant professor of biology at
Dickinson College, acting as chairman of the biology department from 1959 to 1960.[1] In 1963 he moved to Wilkes College (currently
Wilkes University) as an associate professor of biology, becoming full professor in 1981 and an
emeritus professor in 1986. During his tenure, he developed basic research in the development of
tapewormhexacanth embryos. From 1980 on he also started to work on the biology of
land planarians.[1]
In 1987 he began a series of publications in association with Dr.
Masaharu Kawakatsu entitled the "Land Planarian Indices Series" where they reviewed the taxonomy of all land planarian species known at the time.[2]
He died in his sleep on 13 July 2005 while on vacation at the
Chautauqua Institution, New York.
Selected works
Ogren, Robert E. (1956). "Development and Morphology of the Oncosphere of Mesocestoides corti, a Tapeworm of Mammals". The Journal of Parasitology. 42 (4): 414–428.
doi:
10.2307/3274524.
ISSN0022-3395.
JSTOR3274524.
PMID13346431.
Ogren, Robert E. (1955). "Ecological Observations on the Occurrence of Rhynchodemus, a Terrestrial Turbellarian". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 74 (1): 54–60.
doi:
10.2307/3223842.
ISSN0003-0023.
JSTOR3223842.
Ogren, Robert E. (1956). "Physiological observations on movement and behavior of the land planarian Rhynchodemus sylvaticus (Leidy)". Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. 30: 218–225.
Ogren, Robert E. (1957). "Morphology and Development of Oncospheres of the Cestode Oochoristica symmetrica Baylis, 1927". The Journal of Parasitology. 43 (5): 505–520.
doi:
10.2307/3274469.
ISSN0022-3395.
JSTOR3274469.
PMID13476299.
Ogren, Robert E. (1957). "Developmental observations, the egg capsule and sexual maturity of the land planarian Rhynchodemus sylvaticus". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 76 (1): 42–57.
doi:
10.2307/3223919.
JSTOR3223919.
Ogren, Robert E. (1982). "The identification and reproductive apparatus of the land planarian, Microplana atrocyaneus (Walton) from Pennsylvania (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria)". Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. 56: 39–43.
Ogren, Robert E. (1983). "Reproductive complex and sexual maturity of the land planarian, Rhynchodemus sylvaticus (Leidy) in the United States". Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. 57: 69–73.
Ogren, Robert E. (1984). "The Land Planarian Microplana terrestris (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria) from the United States". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 103 (2): 130–136.
doi:
10.2307/3226235.
JSTOR3226235.
Ogren, Robert E. (1986). "Development of the reproductive apparatus of the land planarian Rhynchodemus sylvaticus (Turbellaria: Tricladida) and its significance for classification in the genus". Hydrobiologia. 132 (1): 175–180.
doi:
10.1007/BF00046245.
ISSN0018-8158.
S2CID25774248.
Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1987). "Index to the species of the genus Bipalium (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola)". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 25: 79–119.
Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 26: 39–91.
Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1989). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Microplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 27: 53–111.
Ogren, Robert E. (1989). "Identification Features of the Two-Lined Land Planarian Rhynchodemus sylvaticus, with Evidence That Rhynchodemus americanus Is Conspecific". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 108 (1): 40–44.
doi:
10.2307/3226204.
ISSN0003-0023.
JSTOR3226204.
Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1990). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Geoplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 28: 79–166.
Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1991). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 29: 35–58.
Ogren, Robert E. (1987). "Description of a New Three-Lined Land Planarian of the Genus Bipalium (Turbellaria: Tricladida) from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 106 (1): 21–30.
doi:
10.2307/3226281.
ISSN0003-0023.
JSTOR3226281.
Ogren, Robert E.; Darlington, Julian T. (1991). "Geoplana arkalabamensis n. sp., a Land Planarian from the Southern United States (Turbellaria: Tricladida: Geoplanidae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 110 (3): 226–236.
doi:
10.2307/3226657.
ISSN0003-0023.
JSTOR3226657.
Ogren, Robert E. (1991). "Developmental sequence for the copulatory organs of Kontikia mexicana with remarks on taxonomic significance (Turbellaria: Tricladida: Geoplanidae)". Hydrobiologia. 227 (1): 139–144.
doi:
10.1007/BF00027593.
ISSN0018-8158.
S2CID37236077.
Ogren, Robert E. (1991). "Land Planarians from Ontario and Quebec, Canada". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 110 (1): 27–36.
doi:
10.2307/3226737.
ISSN0003-0023.
JSTOR3226737.
Oki, Iwashiro; Tamura, Sachiko; Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1991). "Karyology of four land-planarian species of the genus Bipalium from Japan". Hydrobiologia. 227 (1): 163–167.
doi:
10.1007/BF00027597.
ISSN0018-8158.
S2CID12455334.