Julian Gilbert Leach

Background

Leach, Julian Gilbert was born on November 16, 1894 in Somerville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Harvey and Julia Ann (Covington) Leach.

Education

Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture, University Tennessee, 1917. Master of Science, University Minnesota, 1918. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1922.

Postgraduate, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, 1927.

Career

Member of faculty, University of Minnesota, 1917-1919; professor plant pathology, University of Minnesota, 1937-1938; associate professor botany, Colorado Agricultural College, 1919-1920; International Education Board fellow for study in Europe, 1927-1928; professor, West Virginia University, from 1938; head department plant pathology, bacteriology and entomology, West Virginia University, 1938-1960. Member commission on plant protection National Research Council, 1942-1945.

Achievements

• Julian Gilbert Leach has been listed as a notable scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Phytopath. Society (chairman war emergency committee 1941-1945, president 1941), American Potato Society, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society, West Virginia, Academy Science, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta. M C.

Connections

Married Margaret Clare Conover, September 15, 1921. Children: Margaret Ann (Mistress Sam J. San Filippo), Alice Clare (Mistress Robert Swan), William Harvey.

Father:

William Harvey Leach

Mother:

Julia Ann (Covington) Leach

Spouse:

Margaret Clare Conover

child:

Alice Clare Leach (Mistress Robert Swan)

child:

William Harvey Leach

child:

Margaret Ann Leach (Mistress Sam J. San Filippo)