42-1112: The Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award , informally known as the Mary Soper Pope Medal , was awarded by the Cranbrook Institute of Science of Detroit, Michigan, for notable achievement in plant sciences. It was inaugurated in 1946, and the last award was in 1970. The medal itself was designed by sculptor Marshall Fredericks . Recipients [ edit ] 1946 Frans Verdoorn 1947 Charles C. Deam 1948 William Vogt 1949 Jens Christian Clausen , David D. Keck , and William Hiesey 1950 David D. Keck 1951 Martín Cárdenas 1952 Emma Lucy Braun 1954 Irving Widmer Bailey 1959 Kenneth Neatby 1962 Edmund H. Fulling 1964 Edgar T. Wherry 1966 Hally Jolivette Sax and Karl Sax 1969 Stanley A. Cain 1970 William Campbell Steere See also [ edit ] List of biology awards References [ edit ] ^ Scientific and Technical Societies of
84-452: A graduate school for architecture , art , and design , was founded by George Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth in 1932. In 1984, The New York Times wrote that "the effect of Cranbrook and its graduates and faculty on the physical environment of this country has been profound ... Cranbrook, surely more than any other institution, has a right to think of itself as synonymous with contemporary American design." The buildings were designed and
126-498: A planetarium and a powerful telescope through which visitors may peer on selected nights. The museum grounds feature a life-sized statue of a Stegosaurus . From 1946 to 1970, the institute awarded the Mary Soper Pope Medal for notable achievement in plant sciences . Cranbrook House and Gardens are the centerpiece of the Cranbrook Educational Community campus. The 1908 English Arts and Crafts-style house
168-627: A Camel (1932), Jonah and the Whale Fountain (1932), Orpheus Fountain (1936), and Spirit of Transportation (1952), currently in Cobo Center . In 2009, the museum closed for renovation and expansion, reopening in November 2011. The project restored aspects of the original building designed by Saarinen, made necessary structural repairs, replaced windows, and upgraded mechanical systems. The renovated museum features year-round, changing exhibitions and
210-555: A dining hall, an auditorium, classrooms, a bowling alley, a ballroom, and lounges and common areas. The education at Kingswood School Cranbrook was initially viewed as a " finishing school ", though that changed over time. In 1986, the Cranbrook School for Boys and Kingswood School Cranbrook entered a joint agreement, renaming the new institution the Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School. The Cranbrook Academy of Art,
252-460: A focal point in order to serve the educational complex. However, the church is a separate entity under the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan . The sprawling 319-acre (1,290,000 m ) campus began as a 174-acre (700,000 m ) farm, purchased in 1904. The organization takes its name from Cranbrook, England , the birthplace of the founder's father. Cranbrook is renowned for its architecture in
294-508: A male householder with no wife present, and 25.1% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.84. The median age in the city was 54.1 years. 19.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 11.8% were from 25 to 44; 33.5% were from 45 to 64; and 29.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of
336-409: A new Collections and Education Wing—an additional 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m ) of storage and classroom space open to visitors by guided tour. Based on an open storage plan, the new wing allows the museum's entire collection to be seen. The Cranbrook Institute of Science includes a permanent collection of scientific artifacts, as well as displays of annual temporary exhibits. It also features
378-566: A private residence in Bloomfield Hills. (In the novel by Elmore Leonard on which the film is based, the most prominent street in Bloomfield Hills is described as “Vaughan Road, nothing but money.” ) Jimmy Hoffa was last seen at the former Machus Red Fox restaurant in adjacent Bloomfield Township. The novel Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake is set in a private school in Bloomfield. The area
420-515: A school for girls. Scripps Booth supervised the project, which she named the Kingswood School Cranbrook. Unlike her husband, Scripps Booth encouraged Eliel Saarinen to come up with a unique interior design for the campus completely on his own. Instead of the several buildings that housed the Cranbrook School for Boys, the Kingswood School Cranbrook was contained within one building that included all necessary features, including dormitories,
462-468: A smoking lounge as well as a shooting range. Lerchen Gymnasium, Keppel Gymnasium, and Thompson Oval were also constructed on the campus. In the 1960s, Cranbrook School for Boys also constructed a state-of-the-art Science Building named the Gordon Science Center. Realizing that young women would also need a place of their own to learn, Ellen Scripps Booth, Booth's wife, pressured Booth into building
SECTION 10
#1733270596120504-539: A sunken garden, formal gardens , a bog garden , a herb garden , a wildflower garden , a Japanese garden , sculpture , fountains, specimen trees, and a lake. Leonard Bernstein recalled composing portions of his Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety , on the Cranbrook House Steinway concert grand piano while residing there in April 1946. Bernstein had come to Detroit at the request of Zoltan Sepeshy to conduct
546-560: Is Bloomfield Hills High School , formed in 2013 by the mergers of Andover High School and Lahser High School . The Bloomfield Hills district administers the International Academy , a tuition-free, public consortium high school in Bloomfield Township that hosts students from ten different public schools districts (including some Bloomfield Hills School District students). A southern portion of Bloomfield Hills resides in
588-464: Is an education, research, and public museum complex in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan . This National Historic Landmark was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth . It consists of Cranbrook Schools , Cranbrook Academy of Art , Cranbrook Art Museum , Cranbrook Institute of Science , and Cranbrook House and Gardens . The founders also built Christ Church Cranbrook as
630-511: Is now Bloomfield Hills was a farming area until the turn of the 20th century when wealthy Detroit residents bought up the land. The settlement became a village in 1927, and in 1932 residents voted to become a city to avoid being incorporated into growing Birmingham . Bloomfield Hills is the location of the National Historic Landmark Cranbrook Educational Community and other historic sites listed on
672-661: Is the home of landmark churches including Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian on Long Lake Rd ( Bloomfield Township ) and Christ Church Cranbrook Episcopal , consecrated in 1928 as part of George Booth 's plan for the Cranbrook Educational Community . The Congregational Church of Birmingham United Church of Christ was founded in Birmingham but moved to its present location in at 1000 Cranbrook Road (at Woodward Avenue) in Bloomfield Hills in 1966. St. Hugo of
714-493: The Arts and Crafts and Art Deco styles. The chief architect was Eliel Saarinen while Albert Kahn was responsible for the Booth mansion. Sculptors Carl Milles and Marshall Fredericks also spent many years in residence at Cranbrook. Cranbrook Schools comprise a co-educational day and boarding college preparatory "upper" school, a middle school, and Brookside Lower School. In 1922,
756-670: The Birmingham City School District . The Bloomfield Hills area is also home to many private schools. The city limits include the nonsectarian Cranbrook Schools , Cranbrook Academy of Art , St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic School (established in 1940), and the Roeper School . The neighboring communities of Bloomfield Township and Beverly Hills have two single-sex Catholic schools: Brother Rice High School for boys and Marian High School for girls, as well as
798-529: The Detroit area and abroad would come to reside. Booth wanted the Cranbrook School to possess an architecture reminiscent of the finest British boarding schools; he hired Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen to design the campus. Cranbrook's initial phase of building was completed in 1928. Over the years, the Cranbrook School for Boys campus grew to include Stevens Hall, Page Hall, and Coulter Hall. While primarily functioning as only residential spaces, Page Hall featured
840-526: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Music Hall . While visiting, he requested studio space where he could compose, and Sepeshy had the piano moved from Cranbrook House into St. Dunstan's Playhouse. The house and gardens are open to the public from May through October. St. Dunstan's Playhouse, while not formally a part of the Cranbrook Educational Community, is located on the Cranbrook grounds near
882-612: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.04 square miles (13.05 km ), of which 4.96 square miles (12.85 km ) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km ) is water. As of the 2005–2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, there were 3,774 people, 1,570 households, and about 1,382 families living in the city. The population density was 796.4 inhabitants per square mile (307.5/km ). There were 1,628 housing units at an average density of 329.1 per square mile (127.1/km ). The racial makeup of
SECTION 20
#1733270596120924-542: The Woodward Corridor , Bloomfield Hills is located roughly 20 miles (32.2 km) northwest of downtown Detroit , and is surrounded on most sides by Bloomfield Township . As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 4,460. On June 28, 1820, Oakland County was divided into two townships: Pontiac Township and Bloomfield Township , the latter covering the southern part of the county that would include West Bloomfield Township , Royal Oak and Southfield . What
966-510: The Bloomfield Hills School was the first school to open on the Cranbrook grounds. Founded by George Booth, the Bloomfield Hills School was intended as the community school for local area children. The Bloomfield Hills School ultimately evolved into Brookside School. Following completion of the Bloomfield Hills School, Booth looked forward to building Cranbrook School for Boys, an all-boys College-Preparatory school at which students from
1008-648: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and Birmingham Unitarian Church on Woodward Avenue. Home of O2 Investment Partners, Straightaway Tire and Auto, Acme Group, consisting of , Acme Mills , Great Lakes Filters, and Fairway Products, is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills. Other companies headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, MI include Taubman Centers , TriMas Corp., Larson Realty Group, Princeton Enterprises, TIP Capital, Bloomfield Hills Bancorp, Reverie, BlackEagle Partners, Gregory J. Schwartz & Co., Inc., Alidade Capital, and Penske Automotive Group. According to
1050-521: The Cranbrook House. The Playhouse, a 206-seat theater, houses the St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of Cranbrook. The guild was founded in 1932 by Henry Scripps Booth, the son of Cranbrook's founders George and Ellen Booth. In the summer months, the St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild performs in the outdoor Greek Theatre adjacent to the Cranbrook House. The theater was restored in 1990–1991. Fourteen buildings making up
1092-617: The Cranbrook complex were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and were further designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989, cited as being "one of the most important groups of educational and architectural structures in America". The contributing buildings are: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Bloomfield Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan . A northern suburb of Detroit on
1134-632: The Hills Roman Catholic Church was funded by Theodore F. MacManus (1872–1940) and his wife in memory of their deceased children, Hugo and Hubert. St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic Church was built from 1931 to 1936, with approval from Bishop Michael J. Gallagher , and was designed by Arthur DesRossiers . Other churches include St. George Greek Orthodox, Bloomfield Hills Baptist, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church ( ELCA ) on Adams Road ( Bloomfield Township ), Detroit Michigan Temple of
1176-730: The Home Secretary, 1974, p. 41. ^ "Edgar Theodore Wherry" . USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016. External links [ edit ] The Mary Soper Pope medal (obverse) Plaster cast for the Mary Soper Pope medal (obverse) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Soper_Pope_Memorial_Award&oldid=1228198226 " Categories : Biology awards Awards established in 1946 American awards Cranbrook Educational Community#Cranbrook Institute of Science The Cranbrook Educational Community
1218-801: The United States and Canada , 6th ed. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1955, p. 158. ^ Walter, Clare. Winners: The Blue Ribbon Encyclopedia of Awards . Facts on File, 1982, p. 451. ^ "Dr. Frans Verdoorn". Nature 158, (14 December 1946), 866-866. ^ "Cranbrook Institute of Science Director's Papers" . Cranbrook website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016. ^ William Vogt Papers, CONS76, Conservation Collection, The Denver Public Library . Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016. ^ "David D. Keck Records" . New York Botanical Gardens, Mertz Library website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016. ^ Biographical Memoirs , vol. 45. National Academy of Sciences, Office of
1260-714: The United States and is one of the wealthiest places in Michigan. 39% of owner-occupied homes had a value of over $ 1,000,000, and 32.1% with a value between $ 500,000 and $ 999,999. Most of the city is served by the Bloomfield Hills School District (BHSD), a public school district based in neighboring Bloomfield Township, comprising the City of Bloomfield Hills, most of Bloomfield Township, and small parts of neighboring communities such as Auburn Hills, Troy, and West Bloomfield Township. The sole district comprehensive high school
1302-418: The city was $ 170,790, and the median income for a family was over $ 200,000. Males had a median income of $ 100,000 versus $ 52,273 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 104,920. About 1.8% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 and over. Bloomfield Hills is one of the wealthiest cities with over 1000 people in
Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award - Misplaced Pages Continue
1344-446: The city was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. As of the census of 2000, There were 1,520 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.9% were married couples living together, 3.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
1386-419: The city was 87.3% White , 6.7% Asian , 4.1% African American , 0.1% Native American , 0.3% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5% of the population. There were 1,489 households, of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.4% had
1428-466: The city was 89.1% White, 5.4% Asian, 4.3% Black, 0.8% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population. As of the census of 2010, there were 3,869 people, 1,489 households, and 1,116 families living in the city. The population density was 780.0 inhabitants per square mile (301.2/km ). There were 1,659 housing units at an average density of 334.5 per square mile (129.2/km ). The racial makeup of
1470-713: The direction of architect Eliel Saarinen, the museum is housed in the same building as the Cranbrook Academy of Art. The museum also offers tours of Saarinen House, which has undergone painstaking restoration beginning in 1977. The remaining areas of the house were completed between 1988 and 1994. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums . Sculptor Carl Milles' numerous works in Metro Detroit include those at Cranbrook Educational Community, such as Mermaids & Tritons Fountain (1930), Sven Hedin on
1512-729: The duration of their curriculum. There are no traditional courses; all learning is self-directed under the guidance and supervision of the respective artist-in-residence. The school currently confers two degrees: Master of Fine Arts and Master of Architecture . The Master of Architecture degree is a post-professional degree and is not accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board . Cranbrook Art Academy currently has 11 departments — 2D Design, 3D Design, 4D Design, Architecture, Ceramics, Fiber, Metalsmithing, Painting, Photography, Print Media and Sculpture. The latest department (4D Design) began taking students in
1554-491: The fall of 2019, under the leadership of Carla Diana, a Cranbrook Art Academy alumna. In 2022, Paul Sacaridiz was appointed the Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art. The Cranbrook Art Museum is a museum of contemporary art with a permanent collection, including works by Charles and Ray Eames , Harry Bertoia , Maija Grotell , Carl Milles , Robert Motherwell , Andy Warhol , and Roy Lichtenstein . Completed in 1942 under
1596-553: The national register of historic places. In popular culture, Bloomfield Hills was the setting for the 2005 film The Upside of Anger . In the 2002 film 8 Mile , Eminem mentions Cranbrook Kingswood while making fun of "Doc" because he attended Cranbrook, which is not considered cool or impressive in the atmosphere portrayed in the film. Bloomfield Hills is the hometown of the comic book character, Trance . Some scenes in Out of Sight with Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney were filmed at
1638-585: The private college-preparatory school Detroit Country Day School , Academy of the Sacred Heart . Bloomfield Township also has Michigan's only ACCS accredited Classical Christian school, Bloomfield Christian School. After the Japanese School of Detroit was formed in 1973, it initially held its classes at Cranbrook School Brookside. Bloomfield Hills is home to the Cranbrook Academy of Art , one of
1680-402: The school first headed by Eliel Saarinen , who integrated design practices and theories from the Arts and Crafts movement through the international style . The school continues to be known for its apprenticeship method of teaching, in which a small group of students—usually only 10 to 16 per class, or 150 students in total for the ten departments—study under a single artist-in-residence for
1722-405: Was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.84. In the city, 19.7% of the population was under the age of 18, 3.8% was between 18 and 24, 13.8% between 25 and 44, 39.0% between 45 and 64, and 23.8% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males. The median income for a household in
Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award - Misplaced Pages Continue
1764-430: Was designed by Albert Kahn for Cranbrook founders George Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. Ten first-floor rooms can be seen on guided tours; the rooms contain tapestries , hand-carved woodworking , and English antiques in the Arts and Crafts style. The upper floors are used for the executive offices of the Cranbrook Educational Community. Originally designed by George Booth, the 40-acre (160,000 m ) gardens include
#119880