Background
Overholser, Earle Long was born on December 19, 1888 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Milton Plean and Fannie Elizabeth (Long) Overholser.
Overholser, Earle Long was born on December 19, 1888 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Milton Plean and Fannie Elizabeth (Long) Overholser.
Graduate New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico, 1909. Bachelor of Science, University of Missouri, 1913, Master of Arts, 1914. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1926.
Student assistant in botany University of Missouri, 1911-1913, research fellow in botany, 1913-1914. Instructor pomology Cornell Univercity, 1914-1917, assistant professor, 1917-1918, exchange professor at University of California, 1918-1919. Assistant professor pomology University of California, 1919-1925, sabbatical leave professor at Cornell Univercity, 1925-1926, assistant professor pomology University of California, 1926-1929, associate professor, 1929-1930.
Professor horticulture, head department, and chairman division of horticulture State College washington, and Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, 1930-1945.
Head department horticulture Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, since 1945. Delaware of University of California and Pacific States Cold Storage Association to 4th International Refrigeration Congress, London, England., 1924.
Conducted investigation marine refrigeration fruits enroute to Far East countries, 1929. President Northwest Fertilizer Conference Horticulturists, 1931-1945.
Member University of Washington Arboretum Council, 1940-1945. Member board directors Virginia State Horticultural Society since 1946. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Society Horticultural Science, American Society Plant Physiology, American Botanical Society, American Pomol.
Society, National Association Refrigerated Warehouses (honorary). Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha.
Gamma Rho, Phi Sigma, Epsilon Sigma Phi.
Married Grace Elizabeth McClary, October 18, 1917. Children: Earle Long, Grace Anne.