Background
Ellis, Don Edwin was born on April 8, 1908 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Son of Charles Elmer and Bertha Helen (Fraker) Ellis.
Ellis, Don Edwin was born on April 8, 1908 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Son of Charles Elmer and Bertha Helen (Fraker) Ellis.
Bachelor of Arts, Nebraska Central College, 1928; Bachelor of Science, Nebraska Central College, 1929; Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1945.
Science teacher, Juniata (Nebraska) High School, 1929-1931;
research assistant, Louisiana State University, 1931-1933;
assistant pathologist division forest pathology, United States Department of Agriculture, Arizona, New Mexico, 1934-1940;
faculty, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1940;
professor, North Carolina State University, since 1950;
head, department plant pathology, North Carolina State University, 1954-1973;
professor emeritus, North Carolina State University, since 1973. Visited agricultural areas and research installations in, Mexico, Guatemala,1962, Venezuela, 1966, Colombia, Panama, 1970, plant pathology consultant, Peru. Visited plant pathologists in Copenhagen, Vienna, Switzerland, Holland & Madrid, 1968.
Plant pathology consultant Servicio de Investigacion y Promocion Agraria, Universidad Agraria, North Carolina State Agriculture Mission to Peru, 1963, 66, 70.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Phytopath. Society (president Southern division 1962, member of council 1957-1959, Chairman of Commission on awards and honors 1960-1963, vice president 1967-1968, president 1969-1970, award of merit Caribbean division 1972, representative to American Association for the Advancement of Science 1971-1973, 74-76), American Institute Biological Sciences, Mycological Society American, Association Tropical Biology, International Society for Plant Pathology, North Carolina Academy Science, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta (Merit award 1970-1971).
Son of Charles Elmer and Bertha Helen (Fraker) E. M. Helen Margaret Watkins, December 29, 1928. 1 daughter, Carol Don Ellis Montague.