Donovan "Don" Stewart Correll (13 April 1908, Wilson, North Carolina – 28 March 1983, Miami, Florida) was an American botanist, plant collector, and plant taxonomist, specializing in orchids.
For two years, before entering college, he took voice lessons and sang solos in church and on radio.
At Harvard, Correll was financially assisted by the Anna C. Ames Memorial Scholarship.
[1] In 1956 Correll became Head of the Botanical Laboratory, Texas Research Foundation, in Renner, Texas, where he continued his explorations for wild species of potato in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
He also helped to create the Big Thicket National Park and preserve nearly 100,000 acres of pristine wilderness.
[7] From 1971 to 1973 Correll worked as Program Director for Systematic Biology at the National Science Foundation.
Upon his death in 1983, he was survived by his widow Helen Butts Correll, two sons, and two daughters.