Background
Baldwin, Ira Lawrence was born in 1895.
Baldwin, Ira Lawrence was born in 1895.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Chemistry, Purdue University, 1919. Master of Science in Agricultural Chemistry, Purdue University, 1921. Doctor of Science (honorary), Purdue University, 1945.
Doctor of Philosophy in Bacteriology, University Wisconsin, 1926. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1972.
Instructor bacteriology Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1919-1924, assistant professor bacteriology, 1924-1925, associate professor physiology Experiment Station, 1926. Assistant professor bacteriology University Wisconsin, Madison, 1927-1929, associate professor bacteriology, 1929-1932, assistant dean College Agriculture, professor bacteriology, 1932-1942, chairman department bacteriology, 1941-1944, dean Graduate School, 1944-1945, dean College Agriculture, director Agricultural Experiment Station, 1945-1948, director agricultural extension services, 1945-1948, vice president, 1948-1958, special assistant to the president, 1958-1966, vice president emeritus, professor bacteriology emeritus, 1966-1999. Under contract service agency international development University Wisconsin and United States Department State, 1966-1976.
Member National Education Association (emeritus), American Association for the Advancement of Science (emeritus), American Society for Microbiology (honorary, secretary-treasurer 1935-1942, vice president 1943, president 1944), Agricultural History Society (emeritus), American Forestry Association (emeritus), American Institute Biological Sciences (emeritus), American Phytopathol. Society (emeritus), American Society Plant Physiology (emeritus), Indiana Academy of Sciences (emeritus), Royal Society Arts-England (emeritus), Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (emeritus), Society for International Development (emeritus), Soil Conservation Society of America (emeritus), Alpha Zeta, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.