Background
Rue, Carl Downey Louisiana was born on April 22, 1888 in Williamsville, Illinois, United States. Son of Abraham Chronister and Charlotte Parthena (Bates) Louisiana Rue.
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Carl Downey Louisiana Rue
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Bachelor of Science, Valparaiso University, 1910, Bachelor of Arts, 1911. Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1914, Master of Arts, 1916, Doctor of Philosophy, 1921. Research, Harvard, 1936-1937.
Career
Instructor botany, Syracuse University, 1916-1917, botanist, Hollandsch-Amerikaansche Plantage Maatschappij, Sumatra, 1917-1920. Instructor botany, assistant, associate professor, University of Michigan, 1920-1944, professor, since 1944. Member Michigan Biological Station staff, 1925-1950.
Research Federal Experiment Station, Puerto Rico, 1951.
Specialist, rubber investigation in charge South. American rubber expedition, United States Department of Agriculture, 1923-1924. Specialist, co-director, Ford Motor Amazon-Tapajos Expedition, 1926-1927.
Agent, rubber investigations, in charge expeditions, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Mexico, United States Department of Agriculture, 1940-1941, principal specialist, United States Department of Agriculture, 1943-1944.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Club, Michigan Academy Science, Arts, Letters (secretary, 1923), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Evelina Brown Forman, June 1, 1914. Children: Adrian January Pieters, Anna Virginia, Charlotte Evelina, Carl Forman.
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Nationality
American