WINONA, Minn. – Michael Dean Delong, a retired biology professor at Winona State and a Mississippi River scholar, died at age 65. In 1995 he established the university’s Large River Studies Center. He was the lead editor of the second edition of the book “Rivers of North America.” He was the author/editor of eight books in all. He wrote 40 peer-reviewed research papers. He made 200 oral presentations at scholarly conferences. In 2019, he was awarded the International River Science Award for service to river science. He was a founding editorial board member of the international journal River Research and Applications. For many years he was the biology chair at Winona State. He held a doctorate in entomology from the University of Idaho.
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