Alvaro Barcellos FAGUNDES

Background

FAGUNDES, Alvaro Barcellos was born on April 22, 1903 in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Education

Educated Ginásio Pelotense. Agricultural Engineer, Escola de Agronomía Elizeu Maciel, 1922. Further studies, Cornell University, New York, United States of America, 1923-1925.

Ph.D., Rutgers University, New Jersey, 1928.

Career

Assistant, Jardim Botánico, Rio de Janeiro, 1932-1935. Director, institute of agronomical research, Pernambuco, 193537. Director, institute of agriculture experimentation, ministry of agriculture, 1938-1943.

Director, national service of agronomical research, since 1943.

Membership

Member: Society Brasileira de Agronomia, Society Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Connections

Father:

Albino da Silva Fagundes

Mother:

Corina Barcellos

Spouse:

Laura Moura

child:

Fernando José FAGUNDES

child:

Luis Carlos FAGUNDES

child:

Lucia FAGUNDES

child:

Corina FAGUNDES