John Duain Moore

Background

Moore, John Duain was born on December 11, 1913 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Willis Duain and Charlotte Blanche (Rote) Moore.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1945.

Career

Assistant professor plant pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1945-1949; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, 1949-1954; professor, University of Wisconsin, since 1954; director University Experimental Farms, University of Wisconsin, 1974-1979. Consultant Institute Pertanian Bogor/University of Wisconsin project, Bogor, Indonesia, 1981, U. Calabar/University of Wisconsin project, Nigeria, 1983, United States Agency for International Development Project 617-0103, Uganda, 1988. United States Department of Agriculture agent, plant pathologist, Madison, 1956-1965, collaborator, 1965-1971.

Collaborator United States Agency for International Development/University of Wisconsin Project, U. Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1968-1970, head department plant science, 1968-1970, dean Graduate School, 1969, dean faculty agriculture, 1969-1970. Member study team Future Nigerian-United States Linkages in Higher Education, Nigeria, 1977. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• John Duain Moore has been listed as a noteworthy Plant science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Phytopath. Society (associate editor 1949-1951), Botanical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Biological Science, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta. Clubs: Rotary (Madison), Professional Men's (Madison).

Connections

Married Doris Fretz Blakemore, June 13, 1940. Children: Barbara Moore Henderson, John Duain.

Father:

Willis Duain Moore

Mother:

Charlotte Blanche (Rote) Moore

Spouse:

Doris Fretz Blakemore

child:

Barbara Moore Henderson Moore

child:

John Duain Moore