Background
Kohler, George Oscar was born on April 9, 1913 in Milwaukee. Son of Oscar Charles and Thora (Zachariasen) Kohler.
Kohler, George Oscar was born on April 9, 1913 in Milwaukee. Son of Oscar Charles and Thora (Zachariasen) Kohler.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1934. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1938.
Postdoctoral research fellow University Wisconsin, 1938—1939. Laboratory director, vice president research Cerophyl Laboratories, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, 1939—1955, owner, president, 1955—1956. Laboratory chief, department agriculture Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, 1956—1981.
President, consultant G. O. Kohler & Associates, Inverness, from 1981. Consultant France Luzerne, Chalons-Sur-Marne, France, from 1972, Hokuto Koki Engineering Company, Sapporo, Japan, 1980—1982, General Electric Company, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1981—1982, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, California, 1983. United States delegate Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1979—1981, United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Working Group, Rome, 1976, Brazil Conference on Leaf Protein-National Academy of Sciences, 1978.
Member United States-Japan Cooperative Program on Natural Resources, Tokyo, 1979—1981. Charter member Senior Executive Service, United States Department Agriculture, 1979—1981.
Member of American Society Animal Science, Institute Food Technology, American Institute Nutrition, American Poultry Science Association, American Association Cereal Chemists, American Chemical Society, Masons, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha.
Married Christine Gilchrist, October 5, 1940. Children: Cynthia Ann Castner, Sylvia Luftig, William Mark.