Background
Woods, Albert Fred was born on December 25, 1866 in Belvidere, Illinois, United States. Son of Fred M. and Eliza O. (Eddy) Woods.
college president physiologist plant pathologist
Woods, Albert Fred was born on December 25, 1866 in Belvidere, Illinois, United States. Son of Fred M. and Eliza O. (Eddy) Woods.
Bachelor of Science, University of Nebraska, 1890, Master of Arts, 1892, Doctor of Agriculture, 1913. Doctor of Laws, Saint John's College, Annapolis, Maryland., 1922. Doctor of Science, University Maryland, 1932.
Assistant botanist, University of Nebraska, 1890-1893. Assistant chief and 1st assistant pathologist. Division Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, United States Department of Agriculture, 1893-1900, pathologist and physiologist and assistant chief bureau of Plant Industry, 1900-1910.
Dean Minnesota State Agricultural College and director of Experiment Station, 1910-1917.
Executive officer Maryland. State Board of Agriculture and president Maryland State College, July 1917-1920.
President U. Maryland, 1920-1926. Director of scientific work, United States Department of Agriculture, 1926-1934.
Director Graduate School Department Agriculture, 1926-1941, now director emeritus.
Educational adviser, 1941-1947, retired 1947. Principal pathologist Bureau Plant Industry, 1934-1938. United States delegate International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, 1905, International Botanical Congress, Vienna, 1905.
General chairman committees on food production and conservation Maryland.
Council of Defense, 1917. President First Inter-American Conference on Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry, Washington, 1930.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (member of council), Botanical Society of America, American Society Naturalists, American Academy Political and Social Science, Botanical Society Washington, Washington Academy Sciences. Member National Research Council (Chairman of Commission on fertilizers, 1917-1918. Clubs: Cosmos, University (Washington).
Wrote Plant Pathology in Encyclopedia Americana, numerous reports and articles in publications of Department of Agriculture and scientific journals, et cetera
Married Bertha Gerneaux Davis, June 1, 1898. Children: Charles Frederick (deceased), Albert Frederick (deceased), Mark Winton, Winton de Ruyter.