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Etherton, Bud was born on November 16, 1930 in Wardner, Idaho, United States. Son of Lewis Washington and Hannah (Sutton) Etherton.
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Bud Etherton
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Bud Etherton, American Botanist, educator, researcher. Achievements include discovery of active extrusion of sodium ions by plant cells; potassium gradients do not generate all of pea root membrane potentials; first reliable measurements of membrane potentials in higher plants; first report of auxin hyperpolarizing membrane potentials of plant cells.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Washington State College, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, Washington State University, 1962.
Career
Research associate biophysics Department, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1962-1963; lecturer plant science department, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1963-1964; assistant professor biology department, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1964-1967; visiting scientist biology division, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1967-1968; associate professor botany Department, University Vermont, Burlington, 1968-1980; professor botany Department, University Vermont, Burlington, since 1980.
Achievements
Membership
Member National Resource Commission, South Burlington, Vermont, 1973-1975. Member American Society Plant Physiology (member Executive Committee N.E. section since 1991).
Connections
Married Alison Elliott Mann, September 14, 1957. Children: Kirk, Laura.
