Background
Konzak, Calvin Francis was born on October 17, 1924 in Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States. Son of Peter Henry and Mary Ann (Dion) Konzak.
Agronomoy and genetics educator
Konzak, Calvin Francis was born on October 17, 1924 in Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States. Son of Peter Henry and Mary Ann (Dion) Konzak.
Bachelor of Science, North Dakota State University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1952.
Associate geneticist Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1951-1957. Associate professor agronomy Washington State University, Pullman, 1957-1961, professor agronomy and genetics, 1961-1993, professor emeritus, since 1993. Owner Northwest Plant Breeding Company, 1982-1987.
President, Chief Executive Officer Northwest Plant Breeding Company an S Corporation, since 1998. Special advisor Plant Breeding and Genetics section Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)/International Atomic Energy Organization, Vienna, Austria, since 1963.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America. Member American Genetic Association, Genetic Society of America, Sigma Xi (president local chapter 1985).
Married Mary Margaret Coe, June 13, 1948. Children: Kenneth Calvin, Gary James. Married Margarethe Christine, November 17, 1967.