LS- International Journal of Life Sciences
  • Year: 2026
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 3

John Clingman Munday Jr., June 10, 1940 – July 18, 2025: A Wonderful Scientist and a Great Human Being

  • Author:
  • Govindjee Govindjee1,*, Sarah Katherine Munday Touchet2,**, Alexandrina Stirbet3,***, Judith Berrien Munday4,****
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 227 to 237

1 Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

27 Douglas Drive, Newport News, VA, USA

3Newport News, VA, USA

41204 Murray Drive, Chesapeake, VA, USA

*Corresponding Author E-mail: gov@illinois.edu

**stouk71@gmail.com

***sstirbet@gmail.com

****judi.munday@helpinschool.nett

Abstract

In this tribute, we present a brief biography of John C. Munday Jr. (1940 2025), his research contributions in photosynthesis and remote sensing, his teaching work, his main activities at the local level, and finally reminiscences about his personal life.

Keywords

Chlorophyll a fluorescence, Remote sensing