Background
Wilcox, Hugh Edward was born on September 2, 1916 in Manchester, California, United States. Son of Leroy Fremont and Lulu Abbie (Gaspar) Wilcox.
Wilcox, Hugh Edward was born on September 2, 1916 in Manchester, California, United States. Son of Leroy Fremont and Lulu Abbie (Gaspar) Wilcox.
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1950; Master of Science, New York State College Forestry, 1940.
Technician in forestry, University of California, Berkeley, 1941-1942;
physicist Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1942-1945;
physicist, United States Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, California, 1945-1946;
wood technologist, associate professor, Oregon Forest Products Laboratory, Corvallis, 1946-1951;
research associate, project leader Research Foundation, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1951-1954;
associate professor College of Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1954-1959;
professor College Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1959-1986;
professor emeritus College Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, since 1986;
acting department department chairman forest botany & pathology, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1968-1969. Fulbright lecturer Tel Aviv U., 1965-1966. Guest lecturer Helsinki (Finland) U., 1975.
Presenter in field.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society of America Foresters (program chairman and organizer 1976, member forest biology workshops), American Institute Biological Sciences, Botanical Society of America, American Society Plant Physiologists, American Mycorrhizal Conferences (charter member), International Union Forestry Research Organizations (root physiology and symbiosis working group), Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Irene Bufford, August 21, 1938. Children: Irene Wilcox Barmore, Janet Wilcox Ievins, Kenneth Hugh, Linda Wilcox Bitzer, Carol Wilcox Folsom.