Background

Arsdel, Eugene Parr Van was born on December 4, 1925 in Emaus, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Campbell and Mabel Elizabeth (Hedde) Van Arsdel.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Forestry, Purdue University, 1947; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1954.

Career

Plant pathologist Lake States Forest Experiment Station, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1956-1959; plant pathologist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1959-1962; principal plant pathologist, project leader Northern Conifer Disease Research, Northern Control Forest Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1962-1968; professor plant pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1967-1968; associate professor plant science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1968-1980; plant pathologist, forester, Professional Tree Svc., Inc., Bryan, Texas, 1981-1996; plant pathologist, forester, Van Arsdel Tree Svc., Inc., since 1996; volunteer, United States Forest Svc., since 1994. Visiting professor Yale University, New Haven, 1965-1966.

Achievements

• Eugene Parr Van Arsdel has been listed as a noteworthy Tree pathologist, meteorologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

An organizer, member Brazos Valley Chorale, Bryan, Texas, 1970-1997. Endower professorship in forest pathology University of Wisconsin, since 1998. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Member Society American Foresters, International Society Arboriculture, American Phytopath Society (emeritus).

Connections

Married Rose Price, August 23, 1948 (divorced August 1991). Children: Jonathan Eugene, Elizabeth Rose.

Father:

William Campbell Arsdel

Mother:

Mabel Elizabeth (Hedde) Van Arsdel

Spouse:

Rose Price

child:

Elizabeth Rose Arsdel

child:

Jonathan Eugene Arsdel