Ernest Elwood Stanford

Background

Stanford, Ernest Elwood was born on April 17, 1888 in Rowe, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Elwin and Minnie Emily (Peck) Stanford.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Massachusetts, 1915. Doctor of Science, University Massachusetts, 1950. Master of Science, North Carolina State College, 1917.

Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1924.

Career

Assistant in plant pathology North Carolina Experiment Station, 1915-1917. Assistant plant pathologist United States Department of Agriculture, 1917-1919. Botanical expert United States Tariff Commission, Washington, 1918-1919, 20, 28.

Professor pharmacognosy Western Reserve University, 1919-1926. Professor botany College of the Pacific, 1926-1958. Chairman division science and mathematics Pikeville College, Kentucky, from 1959.

Part-time faculty Stockton College, 1935-1953.

Achievements

• Ernest Elwood Stanford has been listed as a notable botanist, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Botanical Society of America, California Botanical Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Museum.

Connections

Married Alice Lyndon Carroll, December 20, 1911. Children: Donald Elwin, Mary Lyndon, David Elwood.

Father:

George Elwin Stanford

Mother:

Minnie Emily (Peck) Stanford

Spouse:

Alice Lyndon Carroll

child:

David Elwood Stanford

child:

Mary Lyndon Stanford

child:

Donald Elwin Stanford