Background
Gerdemann, James Wessel was born on November 13, 1921 in Warrenton, Missouri, United States. Son of Carl Edward and Cora Wilhelmina (Wessel) Gerdemann.
Gerdemann, James Wessel was born on November 13, 1921 in Warrenton, Missouri, United States. Son of Carl Edward and Cora Wilhelmina (Wessel) Gerdemann.
Bachelor of Arts, University Missouri, 1945; Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1948.
Teaching assistant, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1945-1946; research assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1946-1948; professor plant pathology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1948-1981; professor emeritus, University of Illinois, since 1981.
Fellow American Phytopathol. Society; member American Mycological Society.
Married Janice Mae Olbrich, July 2, 1949. Children— Stephen, Dale, Glenn.