Background
Sherman, James Morgan was born on May 6, 1890 in Ash Grove, Virginia, United States. Son of Franklin and Caroline (Alvord) Sherman.
Sherman, James Morgan was born on May 6, 1890 in Ash Grove, Virginia, United States. Son of Franklin and Caroline (Alvord) Sherman.
Bachelor of Science, North. Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, 1911. Master of Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 1912. Doctor of Philosophy, 1916.
Honorary Doctor of Agriculture, University of North Carolina, 1948.
Hendricks; married second, Katherine Keiper, June 20, 1928. Children—Richard Hinsdale, Thomas Fairchild. Assistant in bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, 1912-1914.
Assistant professor bacteriology, Pennsylvania State College, 1914-1917.
Also bacteriologist Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station. Bacteriologist unites states department Agriculture, 1917-1923.
Professor bacteriology, since 1923, head Department Dairy Industry, Cornell University, 1923-1955. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Bacteriology, 1944-1951.
Editorial committee Annual Review of Microbiology, 1945-1955.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society American Bacteriologists (president 1937), American Chemical Society, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Dairy Science Association (president 1930), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Sigma, Gamma Alpha, Alpha Zeta. Club: Cosmos (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Gertrude Hendricks, August 3, 1916 (died July 24, 1918). Married second, Katherine Keiper, June 20, 1928. Children: Richard Hinsdale, Thomas Fairchild.