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Dawson, Jeffrey Owen was born on August 12, 1949 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States.
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Jeffrey Owen Dawson
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Jeffrey Owen Dawson, American Forester, educator. Achievements include research in symbiotic nitrogen fixation by actinorhizal plants, tree physiology, forest ecology, silviculture, microbial ecology and physiology of the actinomycete Frankia. Member American Society Plant Physiologists, Society American Foresters, Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, Illinois Native Plant Society, Walnut Council, Sigma Xi, Xi Sigma Pi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Education
Student, Creighton U., 1967-1968; Bachelor of Science in Outdoor Recreation Resources, Iowa State University, 1971; Master of Science in Forestry, Iowa State University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry, Iowa State University, 1978.
Career
Park ranger/park planner, Eastern Planning and Svc. Center, United States National Park Svc., Washington, 1970;
сivil engineering technician, Design Branch, Missouri River Division, United States Army Corps Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, 1971;
research assistant department forestry, Iowa State University, Ames, 1971-1973;
research assistant/research associate forestry, Iowa State University, Ames, 1974-1977;
nurseryman, Iowa Conservation Commission Nursery, Ames, 1973;
forest hand Mensuration Section, New Zealand Forest Svc., Kaingaroa Forest, Rotorua., 1973;
assistant professor forestry, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1977-1982;
associate professor, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1982-1989;
professor, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1989-1993;
professor and associate head department forestry, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, since 1993;
joint professor department horticultural, member Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, since 1985. Visiting research fellow Department Forestry, Australian National U., Canberra, 1985-1986.
Lecturer in field; conductor seminars in field. Proposal reviewer United States.Sml. Business Administration Research Grants Proglram, since 1990.
Member organizing committee North America Symposium on Allelopathy, University of Illinois, 1983. Program reviewer National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada, 1986, 87, Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide a la Recherche, Province of Quebec, 1989,90, 91. Member USDA Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Competitive Grants Program Review Panels, 1986, 87, unites states department Energy Program onWoody Biomass Review Panel, 1985, 87, 89.
Member research and demonstratoinadv. committee International Arid Lands Consortium, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society Plant Physiologists, Society American Foresters, Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, Illinois Native Plant Society, Walnut Council, Sigma Xi, Xi Sigma Pi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Interests
Connections
M. Norine E. Dawson, June 2, 1974. Children: Evan W., David O., Griffith P., Lauren E.
