Frank William Whitmore

Background

Whitmore, Frank William was born on May 15, 1932 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Ralph Wendell and Charlotte Estelle (Cullen) Whitmore.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1964.

Career

Research forester, USDA Forest Svc., Crossett, Arkansas, 1957-1961; plant physiologist, USDA Forest Svc., Pineville, Louisiana, 1964-1965; research associate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1965-1967; from assistant professor to professor, Ohio State University, Wooster, since 1967. Member peer review panels unites states department Agricultural, Washington, 1985, 87, Agrl.Biotech. Research Advisory Committee, USDA, Washington, since 1988.

Achievements

• Frank William Whitmore has been listed as a noteworthy Plant physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Council member Wooster City Council, 1978-1985. Vice chairman Wayne Metropolitan HousingAuthority, Wooster, 1974-1978. Delegate Democratic National Convention, Miami Beach, Florida, 1972.

With United States Army, 1955-1957. Member American Society Plant Physiologists, Society American Foresters, International Society.Plant Molecular Biologists.

Connections

Married Betty Lou Spear, September 14, 1955. Children: Susan Adams, David Cullen, Sarah Spear (deceased).

Father:

Ralph Wendell Whitmore

Mother:

Charlotte Estelle (Cullen) Whitmore

Spouse:

Betty Lou Spear

child:

Susan Adams Whitmore

child:

David Cullen Whitmore

child:

Sarah Spear Whitmore (deceased)