Background
Keitt, George Wannamaker was born on June 11, 1889 in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Wadlington and Annie Selina (Wannamaker) Keitt.
Keitt, George Wannamaker was born on June 11, 1889 in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Wadlington and Annie Selina (Wannamaker) Keitt.
Bachelor of Science, Clemson College, 1909, Doctor of Science, 1937. Master of Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 1911, Doctor of Philosophy, 1914.
Assistant in botany and plant pathology, South Carolina. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1909-1910. Special agent fruit disease investigations, United States Department of Agriculture, 1910, and scientific assistant, summers.
Scholar in plant pathology University of Wisconsin, 1911, lecturer, 1912-1914, assistant professor, 1914-1917, associate professor, 1917-1920, professor, 1920-1959, emeritus professor, 1959-1969, part-time research professor, 1959-1961, chairman department plant pathology, 1930-1955.
Lecturer Mycological Society of America, 1956.
Served as First lieutenant and captain United States Army, World War. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Naturalists, American Phytopathol.
Society (vice president 1934, president 1937), Botanical Society America, Mycological Society of America, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Wisconsin Academy Sciences, Arts and Letters, American Association University Professors (president Wisconsin chapter 1943-1944), Indian Phytopathological Society, Nederlandse Plantenziektenkundige Vereniging.
Club: University.; Member editorial board American Journal Botany, 1935-1944. Company-discoverer antimycin.
Married Carol Seaver Keay, August 30, 1927. Children: George Wannamaker, Junior.