Background
Pieters, Adrian John was born on November 18, 1866 in Alto, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Roelof and Hendrika (Van Zwaluwenburg) Pieters.
Pieters, Adrian John was born on November 18, 1866 in Alto, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Roelof and Hendrika (Van Zwaluwenburg) Pieters.
Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1894, Doctor of Philosophy, 1915. Traveled and studied in Germany, 1910-1912.
Botanist in charge of seed and plant introduction and distribution, United States Department of Agriculture, 1900-1906. Seed grower, 1906-1910. Instructor botany, University of Michigan, 1912-1915.
Agronomist with United States Department of Agriculture, 1915-1938, principal agronomist to 1938, retired.
Fellow American Society Agronomy, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Hattie May Bailey, June 30, 1896 (died 1935). Married second, Mary R. Burr, 1936.