Background
Alder, Edwin Francis was born on September 1, 1927 in Hugo, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Joseph B. and Mary Frances (Alder) Alder.
Alder, Edwin Francis was born on September 1, 1927 in Hugo, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Joseph B. and Mary Frances (Alder) Alder.
Bachelor of Science, University Oklahoma, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oklahoma, 1956. Master of Science (Wychwood fellow), University Chicago, 1952.
Fulbright fellow, University Bergen, Norway, 1954.
Instructor Arkansas State College, Jonesboro, 1953, University Oklahoma, 1955, University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1955-1957. With Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, 1957-1987, vice president agricultural research and development, 1969-1987, vice president research laboratories, 1973-1986, director, 1978-1986. Member committee persistent pesticides National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, 1968.
Member commission on pesticides Department of Health, 1969.
Served with United States Navy, 1945-1948. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Weed Science Society of America, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Ann Ruth Wilson, February 10, 1951. Children– Gwendolyn Ann, Jan Allison, Martha Ellen, Steven Edwin.