A celebration honoring Wayne T. Swank’s accomplishments and contributions to LTER research was held at the Waynesville Country Club on 20 March 99. The celebration affectionately called "Swankfest 99" was attended by 137 people.
Wayne was one of the original proponents of the LTER network and was a leading force in helping to establish Coweeta (CWT) as one of the first six LTER sites in 1980. Wayne was a Co-Lead PI of the Coweeta LTER program from 1980 to 1996 and served as a graduate and post-doc advisor for numerous students at the University of Georgia, University of Florida, and Clemson University.
Wayne has participated in numerous international scientific exchanges and will be participating in a three-month lecture series in the United Kingdom and a scientific exchange for watershed ecology in Turkey in 1999.
Wayne plans to enjoy his retirement from the USDA Forest Service while completing several long-term studies, co-editing the second Coweeta synthesis volume (12 chapters on watershed recovery from clearcutting), and enjoying a healthy dose of wild turkey hunting.
"Swankfest 99" was organized by James Vose, who was assisted by Patricia Stickney, Teresa Moss, and Lloyd Swift.
