Thomas Robert Soderstrom in July 1986. A collaborator of his was Cleofé E. Calderón (1929–2007), the Argentinian-born agrostologist. He is commemorated in "Soderstromia", "Ilex soderstromii", "Anthurium soderstromii", "Lessingianthus soderstromii", "Vriesea soderstromii", "Ouratea soderstromii", "Cryptochloa soderstromii", "Ocellochloa soderstromii", "Poa soderstromii", "Raddia soderstromii". Thomas Robert Soderstrom Thomas Robert Soderstrom (9 January 1936 Chicago – 1 September 1987) was an American agrostologist His special field of study was the grass family Gramineae or Poaceae. He was Curator of Grasses at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC for some twenty years. In 1957 Soderstrom graduated from the University of Illinois with a BSc in
Kafie family next few decades, the family relocated to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Beginning in the 1970s a number of descendants of the original Kafie family members moved to the United States. The most notable branch of the family are descendants of Chuckri Kafie's son Luis Kafie, a textile businessman, and his wife, Elena "Nena" Larach. Schucry Kafie (born November 11, 1947; spelled Schucrie or Schucri in some sources) is founder of Lácteos de Honduras S.A.—better known as Lacthosa—the country's largest dairy company. He is also a founding member of Luz y Fuerza de San Lorenzo Sociedad Anónima—better known as Lufussa—the largest electricity supplier