Charles Edward Main

Background

Main, Charles Edward was born on July 25, 1933 in Triadelphia, West Virginia, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Science, West Virginia University, 1959; Master of Science in Plant Pathology, West Virginia University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, 1964.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1964; research plant pathologist, United States Department of Agriculture, Crops Research Svc., Oxford, North Carolina, 1965-1967; assistant professor department plant pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1967-1975; associate professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1975-1981; professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1981. Private consultant, Raleigh, since 1988.

Achievements

• Charles Edward Main has been listed as a noteworthy Plant pathologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Corporal United States Army, 1953-1955. Member American Phytopath. Society, Pan American Aerobiology Society.

Interests

• Avocations: woodworking, fly-fishing, painting, reading.