Background
Steinmetz, Ferdinand Henry was born on August 19, 1886 in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. Son of John Herman and Sophia Maria (Krome) Steinmetz.
Steinmetz, Ferdinand Henry was born on August 19, 1886 in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. Son of John Herman and Sophia Maria (Krome) Steinmetz.
Diploma, Eastern Illinois State College, 1913. Bachelor of Agricultural Science, University of Illinois, 1915, Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1921, Doctor of Philosophy, 1926. Ped. Doctorate. (honorary), Eastern Illinois State College, 1949.
High school instructor, Truman, Minnesota, 1915-1918. Assistant professor agronomy, University of Minnesota, 1918-1919. Instructor and graduate assistant, department agronomy, University of Minnesota, 1919-1926.
Professor botany, University of Maine, 1927-1929.
Professor of botany and head department botany and entomology since 1929. Agent, bureau agriculture economics, United States.D.A., 1924-1925, collaborator, 1925-1926.
Associate agronomist, Maine Agriculture Experiment Station, 1943-1945.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Phytopathol. Society, American Plant Physiologists, Botanical Society of America, American Society Plant Taxonomists, Josselyn Botanical Society of Maine (president since 1934), Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.
Married Helen Marguerite Horn, August 2, 1916. Children: Margaret Olive (Mistress Ralph A. Mosher), John Ferdinand (killed in action, 1945), Harriet Ann (Mistress Harold R. Fray, Junior.