professor, botanist, b. Blair. He graduated from the state normal school at Stevens Point (1901) and the Univ. of Wisconsin (Ph.D., 1907; Ph.D., 1914). He began teaching botany and plant pathology at the university in 1910, became a full professor in 1922, and continued in this capacity until his retirement to emeritus status in 1946. In 1925 he became chairman of the botany department and served in this position for nearly 20 years. A specialist in mycology, he wrote several papers on this subject, but his chief contribution to the university lay in the stimulation and encouragement of graduate students in botany. He was influential in establishing the university arboretum, and in 1944 helped found the Wisconsin Junior Academy of Science to encourage further scientific study among promising high school students. He was the joint author of two textbooks on botany. Who's Who in Amer., 24 (1946); Madison Wis. State journal, Apr. 24, 1956; Mycologia, 49 (1957), pp. 151- 155; Univ. of Wis. Faculty Memorial, Document 1227, June 4, 1956 (on file in office of secretary of the faculty).Learn More
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