Harold Charles Bold
1909-1987
Here
is a photo of Harold C. Bold on very familiar grounds, his office on the
second floor of the Biological Labatoratory Building on the UT-Austin campus.
Take a close look! See that light bulb which is marked with an orange
spot? This is the illumination source for his Botany 320 Lab. The bulb
was placed in a porcelain holder and an aluminum funnel was placed on top
of the bulb to shield the user from the light. It should be noted that
this method failed to shield the user from burns! By the way,
if you will look under Harold's right elbow in the background, you will
see one of these aluminum funnels! A green
spot marks a sterile glass cannister of Pasteur pipettes which were
always around the lab.
Harold liked
polk dot ties. Although BLUE was
his favorite color, the black & white photo does not do this justice;
however, Harold was very fond of gray, so the photo fits in very well with
his choice. He was chairman of the UT Faculty Senate and knew the
names of more faculty members than any other faculty, for sure!
Many of you former students will remember
the first large reunion of his former students at Caldwell, Texas in the
mid 1960's. The outcome of that reunion was the initiation
of the BOLD
AWARD by Bruce and Malcolm through the sale of a book by Harold's
former students, "Contributions in Phycology".
If you would like to visit the site dedicated to this book, click on the
thumbnail of Harold below:
Photo of Harold C. Bold from the book, "Contributions
in Phycology"
Click on this thumbnail to
view images from Caldwell, 1967.
Perhaps the most impressive images
on Harold Bold came from the 1987 Banquet
that we former students held in his honor here on the UT-Austin campus.
The banquet was held in the faculty club and more than 30 of his former
students were able to attend. I will have complete details of this in the
Austin Banquet page below!
Click on this thumbnail to
learn more about his last reunion with his students in April, 1987 (photos
never before shown,
taken from the video). More than 63 thumbnails and enlarged photos!
New! 5
VIDEO CLIPS (*.avi) with Harold talking!
MOVIE 1
(right click on broken icon, then "save image
as" to your computer. Then play it!
This video (5,135K) describes telling
his students that at 4PM he was going home because he HAD his Ph.D. The
person to whom he told it said, " You got it so long ago it's obsolete!"
This is a classic HCB story, and his gestures and voice seem so alive!
MOVIE 2
(right click on broken icon, then "save image
as" to your computer. Then play it!
This video (2,133K)
shows Harold "feeling his pulse" because he said that he felt the statement
from a former student "sounded like a eulogy!"
MOVIE 3
(right click on broken icon, then "save image
as" to your computer. Then play it!
This video (2,629K)
shows Harold saying, " I would like to say that this is an example of jealousy
rearing its ugly head!"
MOVIE 4
(right click on broken icon, then "save image
as" to your computer. Then play it!
This video (3,150K)
shows David Brown describing Malcolm's frustration at "having" to call
Harold, Harold, upon completing his PhD! Well, Harold told David to call
him HAROLD when David was an undergraduate student!
MOVIE 5
(right click on broken icon, then "save image
as" to your computer. Then play it!
This video (5,578K)
shows Harold's closing remarks thanking everyone for coming.
COMING SOON!
A complete list of Harold's students with addresses, emails, etc. so that
we all can stay in better contact with one another. Please HELP me secure
a complete list! Also, what else would you like to see on this website?
Give me ideas, and I will try to implement them. Email me RIGHT NOW if
you have helpful information to me. Simply click HERE
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