Background
Hungerford, Charles William was born on February 26, 1885 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. Son of Judson Belee and Alice Helen (Moore) Hungerford.
Hungerford, Charles William was born on February 26, 1885 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. Son of Judson Belee and Alice Helen (Moore) Hungerford.
Bachelor of Science, Upper Iowa University, 1910. Master of Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 1915, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925.
Principal high school, Houston, Minnesota, 1910-1911. Superintendent schools same, 1911-1913. Assistant in botany, University of Wisconsin, 1913-1914, assistant plant pathologist, 1914.
Scientific assistant, cereal investigations, United States Department of Agriculture, 1915-1917, assistant pathologist, 1917-1919.
Professor plant pathology, University of Idaho, from 1919, assistant dean of College Agriculture, 1927-1935. Vice-director Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1947.
Also dean Graduate School 1931-1951.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Phytopathol. Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta.
Married Ruth Edna Patridge, June 11, 1913. Children: Kenneth, Eugene, Doris Olive, Charles Roger.