We are saddened to announce that Raymond L. Wyatt (RL), Professor Emeritus of Biology, died November 26, 2020. He was 94 years old.
Dr. Wyatt joined Wake Forest’s biology faculty in 1956. He retired in 1992. At Wake Forest, he was a plant taxonomist and started the herbarium in the department.
Dr. Wyatt obtained his BS from Wake Forest University. His MA and PhD were obtained from UNC-Chapel Hill. He specialized in botany.
We grieve Dr. Wyatt’s death and extend our condolences to his family and friends, as well as those at Wake Forest who had the opportunity to know him.
A private service for Dr. Wyatt will be held at a later date. An obituary appeared on December 1, 2020, in the Winston-Salem Journal.
This announcement was posted by Inside WFU.