Background
Holm, George Elmer was born on January 20, 1891 in Cokato, Minnesota, United States. Son of John and Anna Sophia (Jonsson) Holm.
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George Elmer Holm
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Bachelor of Science, Carleton College, 1914. Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1916. Doctor of Philosophy, 1919.
Career
Principal of the high school in Dawson, Minnesota, 1914-1915. Instructor department agricultural biochemistry University of Minnesota, 1919, assistant professor, 1919-1920. Biochemist bureau diary industry United States Department of Agriculture, 1920-1942, head dairy products research division since 1942.
Official United States delegate International Dairy Congress, Berlin.
1937, Stockholm. 1949.
Achievements
Membership
Served as First lieutenant C.W.S., United States Army, 1917-1919. Received Borden award American Chemical Society, 1942, superior service award United States Department of Agriculture, 1948. Member American Chemical Society, American Dairy Science Association, Washington Academy Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma, Gamma Alpha.
Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Connections
Married Julia M. Zanger, June 22, 1918. Children: Helen Marie (Mistress William West. Bedsworth), Julianne (Mistress Lewis B. Timberlake).
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Resting place
buried Arlington National Cemetery. -
Nationality
American