Background
Evans, Harold J. was born on February 19, 1921 in Franklin, Kentucky, United States. Son of James H. and Allie (Uhls) Evans.
biochemist educator plant physiologist
Evans, Harold J. was born on February 19, 1921 in Franklin, Kentucky, United States. Son of James H. and Allie (Uhls) Evans.
Bachelor of Science, University Kentucky, 1946. Master of Science, University Kentucky, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy (Cook-Vorhees fellow), Rutgers University, 1950.
Assistant professor botany North Carolina State University, 1952-1954, associate professor, 1954-1957, professor, 1957-1961. Postdoctoral fellow Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1952. Professor plant physiology Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1961-1988, Distinguished professor plant physiology, 1988-1990, Distinguished professor plant physiology emeritus, from 1990.
Director Laboratory for Nitrogen Fixation, 1978-1990. Visiting professor University Sessex, England, 1967. George A. Miller visiting professor University Illinois, Urbana, 1973.
Member panel for metabolic biology National Science Foundation, 1964-1968. Member United States-Japan Cooperative Science Program, 1976.
Fellow American Academy Microbiology. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Society Plant Physiologists (president 1971, trustee since 1977, Charles Reid Barnes award 1985), Sigma Xi (award 1968), Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Elizabeth Dunn, December 14, 1946. Children: Heather Mary, Pamela.