Tributes

Celebration of the Life and Career of David Wake

Program for May 7, 2022

Biographies

Biography of David Burton Wake— Staub N and Mueller RL. 2017. Copeia 105(2):415-426 [PDF]

Obituaries

Berkeley NewsDavid Wake, a prominent herpetologist who warned of amphibian declines, is dead at 84” Robert Sanders, May 4, 2021

The Daily Californian‘Great thinker’: UC Berkeley professor emeritus, herpetologist David Wake dies at age 84” Maya Akkaraju, May 6, 2021.

Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB) “In Memoriam Dr. David B. Wake” Marguerite Butler, Frank Fish, Adam P. Summers, May 14, 2021. [PDF]

The New York TimesDavid Wake, Expert on Salamanders and Evolution” Richard Sandomir, May 19, 2021.

Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetologia 4(1):253-257 “David Burton Wake (1936-2021): Dr. Salamandra” Gabriela Parra-Olea y Juan Manuel Guayasamin May 24, 2021.

Science: The WireMore Fun Than Fun: David Wake, Salamanders and the Origin and Loss of Species” Raghavendra Gadagkar, July 7, 2021.

Integrative Zoology (ISZS) “A Fine Evolutionary Biologist and a Consummate Gentleman David Burton Wake” John Buckeridge, August 25, 2021: 16: 785-786. [PDF]

Russian Journal of HerpetologyDavid B. Wake (1936 – 2021), Salamander Specialist and Evolutionary Biologist” Aaron Bauer, 2021, Vol 28 (6):380-382. [Link]

Herpetological Review “Scientists and salamanders: A tribute to David B. Wake Mentor Extraordinaire” Sharyn Marks, Stanley Sessions, and Nancy Staub, 2021, Vol 52(3):696-703. [PDF]

Ichthyology & Herpetology “Obituary: David B. Wake (1936–2021)”. E.L. Jockusch, 2022. [Link to article]

Retrospectives
Hanken J. 2021. David Wake: Why are there so many kinds of organisms (but especially salamanders)?
 
Zamudio, KR. 2021. David B. Wake (1936–2021): Pioneering evolutionary biologist and amphibian advocate. Science : 1399
 
Savage JM and MA Donnelly.  2021. E-Canopy Newsletter: David B. Wake: Commander Salamander (1936–2021). Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) [Link to article]