Background
Auchter, Eugene Curtis was born on September 14, 1889 in Elmgrove, New York, United States. Son of William David and Florence Monroa (Curtis) Auchter.
Auchter, Eugene Curtis was born on September 14, 1889 in Elmgrove, New York, United States. Son of William David and Florence Monroa (Curtis) Auchter.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1912, Master of Science, 1918, Doctor of Philosophy, 1923.
Assistant in pomology, Cornell Univercity, 1911-1912. Assistant and associate professor of horticulture. West Virginia University, 1912-1917.
Head department of horticulture, U. Maryland, 1918-1928.
Principal horticulturist in charge division of fruit and vegetable crops and diseases, unites states department of Agriculture, 1928-1938, assistant chief Bureau of Plant Industry, 1935-1938, chief of Bureau of Plant Industry, 1938-1942, administrator of Agricultural Research, 1942-1945. President and director Pineapple Research Institute of Hawaii, also vice president Pineapple Growers Association since 1945.
Member of the board of managers New York Botanical Gardens. Honorary fellow Royal Horticultural Society of London.
Member American Society Plant Physiologists, Washington Academy Science, American Society Naturalists, Botanical Society of Washington, American Phytopathology Society, American Society Horticultural Science, American Genetics Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta.
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Catherine Elizabeth Beaumont, August 25, 1914.