Background
Gifford, Ernest Milton was born on January 17, 1920 in Riverside, California, United States. Son of Ernest Milton and Mildred Wade (Campbell) Gifford.
Gifford, Ernest Milton was born on January 17, 1920 in Riverside, California, United States. Son of Ernest Milton and Mildred Wade (Campbell) Gifford.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1950; graduate, United States Army Command and General staff schedul, 1965.
Assistant professor botany, assistant botanist experiment station, University of California-Davis, 1950-1956; associate professor botany, associate botanist, University of California-Davis, 1957-1961; professor botany, botanist, University of California-Davis, 1962-1987; professor emeritus, University of California-Davis, since 1988; department chairman botany and agricultural botany, University of California-Davis, 1963-1967, 74-78.
Served to major United States Army, 1942-1946. European Theatre of Operations. To colonel United States Army Reserve, 1946-1973.
Member Botanical Society of America (vice president 1981, president 1982, merit award 1981), International Society Plant Morphologists (vice president 1980-1984), American Institute Biological Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Jean Duncan, July 15, 1942. 1 child, Jeanette.