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Acknowledgments

We thank Govindjee for inviting and editing this manuscript. The authors thank friends and former students of Jack Myers who contributed to this tribute by sharing their memories and insights. These included David Becker, Jan Brown, Judy Edmiston, Jim Eley, David Fork, Norman Hackerman, Ray Holton, Kaori Ohki, and Jindong Zhao. We especially thank Bonnie O’Neil for her extensive work at every stage in the preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. MCD-Biology A6700, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA

    Jerry J. Brand

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2063, USA

    David W. Krogmann

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3258, USA

    C. O. Patterson

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Brand, J.J., Krogmann, D.W. & Patterson, C.O. Jack Edgar Myers (1913–2006), an algal physiologist par excellence . Photosynth Res 96, 9–14 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-007-9288-4

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