Evolution and Creation: Conflicting or Compatible? Patricia Kelley
Patricia Kelley, a Distinguished Lecturer for the Paleontological Society, seeks to bridge the divide between evolutionary science and the beliefs of the great religious traditions. Kelley is faculty in the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a Centennial Fellow of the Paleontological Society. She holds a PhD in geology from Harvard University. Her own research focuses on the evolution and paleoecology of Coastal Plain molluscs. She is especially interested in predator-prey interactions and their role in the evolution of snails and clams. Part of the Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences Distinguished Lecture Series and the Women in STEM Series.
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This lecture was made possible in part by the generosity of F. Wendell Miller, who left his entire estate jointly to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Mr. Miller, who died in 1995 at age 97, was born in Altoona, Illinois, grew up in Rockwell City, graduated from Grinnell College and Harvard Law School and practiced law in Des Moines and Chicago before returning to Rockwell City to manage his family's farm holdings and to practice law. His will helped to establish the F. Wendell Miller Trust, the annual earnings on which, in part, helped to support this activity.