Background
Petry, Edward Jacob was born on June 24, 1880 in near Gnadenhutten, Ohio, United States. Son of Jacob and Anna Catherine (Schmitt) Petry.
Petry, Edward Jacob was born on June 24, 1880 in near Gnadenhutten, Ohio, United States. Son of Jacob and Anna Catherine (Schmitt) Petry.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Ohio State University, 1907. Graduate study Cornell Univercity, 1907-1911. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1914.
Graduate study University of Michigan, 1918-1920.
Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State College, 1925.
1 son, Ralph Aurelius. Teacher public schools, Tuscarawas County, O., 1899-1901. Assistant in chemistry and botany, Ohio State University, 1906-1907.
Assistant in botany, Cornell Univercity, 1907-1910.
Instructor in agronomy, Purdue, 1911-1916, assistant professor agricultural botany, 1916-1918, field assistant United States Department of Agriculture, 1918. Instructor in botany, University of Michigan, 1918-1920.
Professor botany and head of department of botany and plant pathology, South Dakot State College, 1920-1923. Consultant botanist, 1923-1924.
Collaborator, United States Department of Agriculture, 1920-1929.
Survey botanist South Dakot Geological and Biological Surrey, 1924-1925. Professor biology and head of department, Hendrix College, 1926-1929. Same, Central College, Fayette, Missouri, 1929-1931.
Professor botany and associate in physiology, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1931-1933.
Consultant biologist Cedar Rapids Water Works, 1933-1935. President Iowa Memorial Arboretum Association, since 1933.
Consulting biochemist, since 1933. Chief chemist Consumers Cooperative Association.
Chemist Ebony Paint Company, Kansas City, Missoury, since 1937.
Temporary agent United States Department of Agriculture, 1926. Botanical curator, Arkansas Museum of Natural History, Little Rock, 1928-1929.
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Married Dora Margaret Plueddemann, September 16, 1909.