Background
Kellerman, Karl Frederic was born on December 9, 1879 in of American parents, Göttingen, Germany. Son of William Ashbrook and Stella V. (Dennis) Kellerman.
Kellerman, Karl Frederic was born on December 9, 1879 in of American parents, Göttingen, Germany. Son of William Ashbrook and Stella V. (Dennis) Kellerman.
Student Ohio State University. Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1900. Doctor of Science, Kansas Agricultural College, 1923.
1 son, Karl Frederic. Assistant in botany, Cornell, 1900-1901. Assistant physiologist bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, 1901-1904.
Physiologist in charge laboratory plant physiology, 1905-1906. Physiologist in charge soil bacteriology and water purification investigations, 1906-1914. Assistant chief of bureau, 1914-1917.
Associate chief of bureau, 1917-1933. Chief Division of Plant Disease Eradication and Control, Bureau of Entomology, since 1933. Organized the Journal of Agricultural Research, 1913, and was chairman editorial committee, 1913-1924.
Member Federal Horticultural Board, 1914-1924. Organized, 1915, and thereafter directed the cooperative campaign of the Gulf States and bureau of Plant Industry to eradicate citrus canker, one of the most contagious of all known diseases of citrus trees. Designated by President Wilson, 1917, as member National Research Council, serving as secretary agricultural committee, since 1918, as member Division of Biology and Agriculture and Division of Federal Relations.
Clubs: Cosmos, Columbia Country, Federal.
Married Gertrude Hast, August 17, 1905.