Background
Schrader, Lawrence Edwin was born on October 22, 1941 in Atchison, Kansas, United States. Son of Edwin Carl and Jenna Kathryn (Tobiason) Schrader.
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Lawrence Edwin Schrader
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Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1967; graduate, Institute Ednl. Management, Harvard University, 1991.
Career
Assistant professor department agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1969-1972; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, 1972-1976; professor, University of Wisconsin, 1976-1984; professor, head department agronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1985-1989; dean College Agriculture and Home Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, 1989-1994; professor department horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, since 1994. Chief competitive research grants office Department Agriculture, Washington, 1980-1981. Trustee, treasurer Agricultural Satellite Corporation, 1991-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Active Consortium for International Development, 1989-1994, chair finance committee, vice chair Executive Committee, 1990-1992, trustee 1989-1994. Member Executive Committee Council Agricultural Heads of Agriculture, 1992-1994. Captain United States Army, 1967-1969.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (steering group section agriculture 1991-1995, chair-elect section on agriculture, food and renewable resources 1995-1996, chairman 1996-1997, past Chairman.1997-1998, county member 1997-1998), American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society American;member International Society for Horticultural Science, American Society for Horticultural Science, American Society Plant Physiologists (secretary 1983-1985, president-elect 1986, president 1987), American Chemical Society, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, Blue Key, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Zeta (named to Centennial Honor Roll 1997).
Connections
Married Elfriede J. Massier, March 14, 1981.
