Joseph Cullen Blair

Background

Blair, Joseph Cullen was born on April 26, 1871 in Truro, Nova Scoti. Son of Colonel William M. and Harriet (Blair) Blair.

Education

Graduate Provincial College of Agriculture, Truro, 1892. Cornell, 1892-1896; honorary M.S.A., Iowa Agricultural College, 1906. Doctor of Science College of Wooster, 1920.

Career

Instructor in chemistry, agriculture and botany, Provincial College of Agriculture, 1890-1891. Instructor in horticulture and horticulturist, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1896-1901. Professor pomology and chief in horticulture, College of Agriculture and Experiment Station, University of Illinois, 1901-1912, professor and chief in horticulture, since 1912.

Dean of College of Agriculture, director Agricultural Experiment Station and director of extension service in agriculture and home economics, 1938-1939.

Achievements

• Joseph Cullen Blair has been listed as a noteworthy horticulturist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Sada Van Horne, June 16, 1898. Children: Josephine Van Horne, Robert Collyer, Richard Gordon, Joseph Cullen.

Father:

Colonel William M. Blair

Mother:

Harriet (Blair) Blair

Spouse:

Sada Van Horne

child:

Richard Gordon Blair

child:

Josephine Van Horne Blair

child:

Joseph Cullen Blair

child:

Robert Collyer Blair