Education
Stakman was the advisor for Margaret Newton, who completed her Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy) studies in 1922, who became an internationally renowned phytopathologist in the study of stem rust.
mycologist university professor
Stakman was the advisor for Margaret Newton, who completed her Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy) studies in 1922, who became an internationally renowned phytopathologist in the study of stem rust.
He also had a major hand in influencing Norman Borlaug to pursue a career in phytopathology. In 1938, in a speech entitled "These Shifty Little Enemies that Destroy our Food Crops", Stakman discussed the manifestation of the plant disease rust, a parasitic fungus that feeds on phytonutrients, in wheat, oat and barley crops across the United States. He had discovered that special plant breeding methods created plants resistant to rust. His research greatly interested Borlaug, and when Borlaug"s job at the Forest Service was eliminated due to budget cuts, he asked Stakman if he should go into forest pathology.
Stakman advised him to focus on plant pathology instead, and Borlaug subsequently re-enrolled to the University of Minnesota to study plant pathology under Stakman.
Stakman died in 1979 of a stroke. In Stakman"s honor, Stakman Hall was named for him on the University of Minnesota"s Saint Paul campus, providing space for Plant Pathology and related fields.