Background
Shantz, Homer Leroy was born on January 24, 1876 in Kent County, Michigan, United States. Son of Abraham K. and Mary-E. (Ankney) S., Bachelor of Science, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1901, Doctor of Science, 1926.
Shantz, Homer Leroy was born on January 24, 1876 in Kent County, Michigan, United States. Son of Abraham K. and Mary-E. (Ankney) S., Bachelor of Science, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1901, Doctor of Science, 1926.
Colorado College, Bachelor of Science, 1901. TJ. of Nebraska, Doctor of Philosophy, 1905. Colorado College, Doctor of Science, 1926.
Institute botany and zoölogy, Colorado College, 1901, 02. Instructor botany, University of Nebraska, 1903, 04, University of Missouri, 1905, 06. Professor botany and bacteriology, University of Louisiana, 1907.
Special agent and collaborator, alkali and drought resistant plant investigations, Bureau Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, summers, 1906, 07, expert, 1908, 09. Plant physiologist same, 1910-1920, senior physiologist in charge physiological and fermentation investigations, 1921-1923, physiologist in charge plant geography in its relation to plant industry, 1924-1926. Professor botany and head of department, University of Illinois, 1926-1928.
President University of Arizona, 1928-1936. Chief division of wildlife management, Forest Service, unites states department of Agriculture, 1936-1944. Annuitant collaborator United States Department of Agriculture, since 1945, professor botany, U. Arizona, 1956, principal investigator Arizona African Expedition, 1956-1957.
Special lecturer on plant geography, Graduate School Geography, Clark University, 1922-1926.
Contributor many articles to journals and publications of the United States Government, dealing chiefly with wildlife management, plant physiology and with natural vegetation and its value as an indicator of the agricultural capabilities of land, and the plant geography of N.A., S.A. and Africa. Agricultural regions of Africa and management of wild animals on the national forests. Special detail to determine natural plant resources and crop producing possibilities of large portions of Africa and Latin America for use of America Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1918-1919.Special detail as agricultural explorer with Smithsonian Institution Africa Expedition, 1919-1920. Special detail as member Ednl. Commission to East Africa under auspices of Phelps Stokes Fund and International Ednl.Board, 1924.
Member Arizona State Board of Education, State Board of Vocational Education. Fellow American Society Agronomy, Royal Society of Arts. Member Phytog. Society Sweden, honorary president, 7th International Botanical Congress, Stockholm, 1950, also Paris, 1954.
Member Botanical Society, Washington, Association American Geographers, Ecological Society American, Society Plant Physiological (Charles Reid Barnes life. Clubs: Explorers (New York City).
Married Lucia Moore Soper, December 25, 1901. Children: Homer LeRoy, Benjamin Soper.