Jr. George H. Lowery

Born in Monroe, Louisiana, George Hines Lowery Jr. became one of the leading American ornithologists of the twentieth century. He studied at Louisiana State University, later joined its faculty, and spent much of his career there as a professor of zoology and director of the Museum of Natural Science.

Lowery is especially remembered for developing a creative way to study nocturnal bird migration. By organizing large-scale observations of birds crossing the face of the moon, he gave scientists new quantitative evidence about how birds travel at night and helped open a fresh chapter in migration research.

He also wrote extensively about the birds of Louisiana, combining careful science with a strong sense of place. His legacy lives on through his research, his museum work, and the generations of ornithologists influenced by his teaching and field-based approach.