A lifetime in review - His boyhood goal was to become a professor. After completing the PH.D. degree in 1931 he accepted a position to work with Dr. Hayes in research on Hybrid corn. Their research resulted in the release of the first University of Minnesota hybrids in field, sweet and popcorn.
In 1940, he joined the staff in Agronomy at Iowa State University and became Head of Farm Crops and assistant to the Experiment Station Director. In post war many graduate students came to complete advanced degrees under his direction. He responded to requests from Guatemala, Great Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, Peru and South Africa. He was honored by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents and by the American Society of Agronomy. He became President of the Agronomy Society, the California Plant and Soil Association and the National Council of Commercial Plant breeders. He was Editor of the Agronomy Journal of Crop Science and was joint author of reference books and publications in technical journals. He gave a lifetime to his profession, to his graduate students, to the Woodland community and to his church. The title of his autobiography is appropriate: "A student, a professor, a scientist and a humanitarian." His boyhood dreams came true.
In 1940, he joined the staff in Agronomy at Iowa State University and became Head of Farm Crops and assistant to the Experiment Station Director. In post war many graduate students came to complete advanced degrees under his direction. He responded to requests from Guatemala, Great Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, Peru and South Africa. He was honored by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents and by the American Society of Agronomy. He became President of the Agronomy Society, the California Plant and Soil Association and the National Council of Commercial Plant breeders. He was Editor of the Agronomy Journal of Crop Science and was joint author of reference books and publications in technical journals. He gave a lifetime to his profession, to his graduate students, to the Woodland community and to his church. The title of his autobiography is appropriate: "A student, a professor, a scientist and a humanitarian." His boyhood dreams came true.
A lifetime in review - His boyhood goal was to become a professor. After completing the PH.D. degree in 1931 he accepted a position to work with Dr. Hayes in research on Hybrid corn. Their research resulted in the release of the first University of Minnesota hybrids in field, sweet and popcorn.
In 1940, he joined the staff in Agronomy at Iowa State University and became Head of Farm Crops and assistant to the Experiment Station Director. In post war many graduate students came to complete advanced degrees under his direction. He responded to requests from Guatemala, Great Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, Peru and South Africa. He was honored by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents and by the American Society of Agronomy. He became President of the Agronomy Society, the California Plant and Soil Association and the National Council of Commercial Plant breeders. He was Editor of the Agronomy Journal of Crop Science and was joint author of reference books and publications in technical journals. He gave a lifetime to his profession, to his graduate students, to the Woodland community and to his church. The title of his autobiography is appropriate: "A student, a professor, a scientist and a humanitarian." His boyhood dreams came true.
In 1940, he joined the staff in Agronomy at Iowa State University and became Head of Farm Crops and assistant to the Experiment Station Director. In post war many graduate students came to complete advanced degrees under his direction. He responded to requests from Guatemala, Great Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, Peru and South Africa. He was honored by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents and by the American Society of Agronomy. He became President of the Agronomy Society, the California Plant and Soil Association and the National Council of Commercial Plant breeders. He was Editor of the Agronomy Journal of Crop Science and was joint author of reference books and publications in technical journals. He gave a lifetime to his profession, to his graduate students, to the Woodland community and to his church. The title of his autobiography is appropriate: "A student, a professor, a scientist and a humanitarian." His boyhood dreams came true.
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