Background
Howlett, Freeman Smith was born on June 15, 1900 in Jordanville, New York, United States. Son of William Jacob and Anna Belle (Smith) Howlett.
Howlett, Freeman Smith was born on June 15, 1900 in Jordanville, New York, United States. Son of William Jacob and Anna Belle (Smith) Howlett.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1921, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925. Doctor of Science (honorary), Wooster College, 1968. Student University London, National Research Council Foreign fellowship, biological science John Innes Horticultural Institute, London, England, 1932-1933.
Doctor Science, Wooster College, 1968.
Instructor in agricultural economics, Cornell, 1921, instructor pomology, 1922-1924. Assistant horticulturist, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, 1924-1927, associate horticulturist. 1924-1927, professor and chairman department horticulture, since 1947.
Assistant professor horticulture, Ohio State University, 1929-1937, associate professor, 1937-1942, professor, 1942-1971, department chairman horticulture and forestry, 1947-1970.
Guest lecturer horticulture Agriculture Colleges Yugoslavia, 1951, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Czechoslovakia, 1966, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1962.
Consultant United States Agency for International Development, Punjab Agriculture University, India, 1967.
Fellow Royal Horticultural Society London (England), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ohio Academy of Science (past vice president), American Society Horticultural Science (president 1958-1959). Member American Institute Biological Science (past governor), Botanical Society American, American Society Plant Physiological, Genetics Society American, Ohio State Horticultural Society, Ohio Vegetable and Potato Growers Association, Ohio Forestry Association, International Society Horticultural Science, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi. Independent.
Married Jean Margaret Waterbury, September 26, 1925.