Fred Maas Rolfs

Background

Rolfs, Fred Maas was born on March 5, 1875 in Le Claire, Iowa, United States. Son of Maas Peter and Maria C. (Neimeier) Rolfs.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Iowa State College Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1897. Master of Science, Colorado State Agricultural College, 1903. Graduate student Columbia, 1907.

Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1913.

Career

Assistant professor botany and horticulture, Colorado State Agriculture College, 1899-1903. Professor botany and horticulture, University of Florida, 1903-1906. Plant pathologist, Missouri Fruit Experiment Station, 1906-1910.

Associate professor botany, plant pathology and bacteriology, Clemson Agricultural College, of South Carolina., 1913-1915.

Professor horticulture, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanics College, 1916-1923, professor botany and plant pathology 1923-1938.

Achievements

• Fred Maas Rolfs has been listed as a noteworthy botanist, plant pathologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Botanical Society America, American Pathological Society, Ecological Society America, Oklahoma Academy Science, Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Museum.

Connections

Married Adeline Doctorate. Evans, August 23, 1903.

Father:

Maas Peter Rolfs

Mother:

Maria C. (Neimeier) Rolfs

Spouse:

Adeline D. Evans