Background
Perlmutter, Frank was born on June 2, 1912 in Newark. Son of Harry and Rebecca (Mark) Perlmutter.
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Frank Perlmutter
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Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University, 1934. Master of Science, University Maryland, 1939. Postgraduate, University Maryland, 1941.
Postgraduate, Hunter College, Lehman College, 1966. Postgraduate, Cornell University, 1975.
Career
District supervisor plant disease, USDA, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 1934; horticultural inspector, USDA, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1936; research horticulturalist, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., 1938-1941; soil conservationist, USDA, Sanford, North Carolina, 1941-1946; plant quarantine inspector, USDA, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1948-1960; supervisor, USDA, New York City, 1960-1968; horticulturist, Caswell Training School, Kinston, North Carolina, 1934-1936; horticulturist, District of Columbia Training School, Laurel, Maryland., 1936-1938; horticulturist branch office, Horticultural Maintenance branch office VA, New York City, 1946-1948; teacher biology, science, horticulture, New York City Board Education, 1968-1982; per diem teacher, New York City Board Education, since 1982; docent, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, since 1978.
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Membership
Staff sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Horticultural Science, New York Academy of Sciences (life), DAV (life), American Institute Biological Science, New York Botanical Garden (achievement award 1986), Inspectors National Association (executive chairman plant quarantine 1958-1959, president 1959-1960), 8th Air Force History Society, 94th Bomb Group Memorial Association (life), Jewish War Veterans of United States.
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Married Eleanor Leah Lifschutz, December 12, 1942. Children: Marion and Jane (identical twins).
