Frank Hugh Tainter

Background

Frank Tainter was born on April 13, 1941, in Winona, Minnesota, United States, into the family of Hugh F. and Rose M. (Brommerich) Tainter.

Education

In 1959 - 1960 Frank studied at Winona State University. Then he received Bachelor of Science in Forestry at the University of Montana in 1964. Finally, he studied at University of Minnesota — Twin Cities, where he earned Master of Science in 1968 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1970.

Career

Frank Tainter started his career in 1961 as a lookout fireman and then smokejumper at U.S. Forest Service until 1962. After that she became a volunteer forestry technician at Instituto Forestral at the U.S. Peace Corps in Washington. Then he started his academic career as an instructor in forest pathology at the University of Minnesota — Twin Cities in St. Paul until 1970.

After that Frank worked for the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he served as an assistant professor, associate professor, and the professor of forestry for about ten years.

Since 1979 Frank works as a professor of forest resources at Clemson University. He is also a contributor of more than a hundred articles to scientific journals, and an associate editor of Plant Disease in 1979 - 1982.

Achievements

• Frank Tainter is highly famous as the author of books "How the Biltmore Forest School Came to Be", "Deforestation in Southwestern Colombia", and "Principles of Forest Pathology."

Works

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  • Fish Culture in Yellowstone National Park: The Early Years: 1900-1930 2016
  • Eres Tu: A Novel of Lonquimay 2015
  • This Was Forestry in America: The Biltmore Forest School, 1898-1913 1975
  • Diseases of Arkansas forests 1979
  • Annotated bibliography of littleleaf and tree decline diseases caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi rands (Technical paper / Department of Forestry) 1987
  • Microscopic identification of commercial Chilean woods: La identificacion microscopia de las maderas comerciales chilenas 1968

Views

Quotations: “My primary motivation for writing is a sense of obligation to put my knowledge into a form that can be used by others. Writing is like pulling teeth, but once I start, it seems to flow, if I can avoid interruptions. I write mainly about my professional work (pathology), but also about some life experiences.”

Membership

• American Phytopathological Society

• Sigma Xi

• Phi Kappa Phi

• Xi Sigma Pi

• South Appalachian Botanical Club

Connections

On February 12, 1966, Frank married M. Magdalena Hemard, with whom he has two children: Rebecca Marie and Jennifer Adella Tainter.

Father:

Hugh F. Tainter

Mother:

Rose M. (Brommerich) Tainter

Spouse:

M. Magdalena Hemard

Daughter:

Rebecca Marie Tainter

Daughter:

Jennifer Adella Tainter