Erwin Ambrose Schwinghamer

Background

Schwinghamer, Erwin Ambrose was born on September 5, 1920 in Albany, Minnesota, United States. Son of Isidor and Elizabeth (Funk) Schwinghamer.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1954.

Career

Research assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1949-1952; plant pathologist, unites states department Agricultural, Fargo, North Dakota, 1952-1955; associate plant pathologist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1955-1961; senior research fellow, Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia, 1961-1964; principal research scientist, Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia, 1969-1983; retired, Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia, 1983; associate professor radiation geneticist, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1965-1969.

Achievements

• Erwin Ambrose Schwinghamer has been listed as a noteworthy microbial geneticist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Staff sergeant Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member Probus Club, Pambula-Merimbula Golf Club, Centenary Institute Medical Research Foundation.

Connections

Married Joyce Elizabeth Kempenich, September 10, 1949. Children: Mark Wayne, Jane Elizabeth, Glenn Matthew.

Father:

Isidor Schwinghamer

Mother:

Elizabeth (Funk) Schwinghamer

Spouse:

Joyce Elizabeth Kempenich

child:

Mark Wayne Schwinghamer

child:

Glenn Matthew Schwinghamer

child:

Jane Elizabeth Schwinghamer