Background
Melchers, Leo Edward was born on August 1, 1887 in Toledo, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor Edward and Florentine (Laurer) Melchers.
Melchers, Leo Edward was born on August 1, 1887 in Toledo, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor Edward and Florentine (Laurer) Melchers.
Ohio State University, Forestry, Horticultural Course, Bachelor of Science, 1912. M.Sc., 1913.
Assistant botanist, Ohio Experiment Station, 1912-1913, Kansas State College, 1913-1915, instructor in plant pathology, 1915-1916. Collaborator in cereal disease investigations United States Department of Agriculture, 1916. Assistant professor of botany Kansas State College, 1916-1918, associate professor, 1918-1919, acting head of department and plant pathologist, 1917-1918, professor, head of department and plant pathologist, 1919-1952, professor botany from 1952.
Botanist Kansas State Board of Agriculture from 1920.
Chief mycologist, Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo, 1927-1929. Chairman Egyption plant quarantine board, 1928-1929.
Explorations in Nile Valley and oases of Libyan Desert. Specialist in plant pathology, breeding for disease resistance in cereal and forage crops.
Member War Emergency Board, American Plant Pathologists, 1917-1918, Kansas Council of Defense, 1918. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Botanical Society American, Phytopathol.
Society, Kansas Academy Science, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta.
Mason.; Club: Country (Manhattan).
Spouse Ivo Lewis, May 1917, Barrien Springs, Michigan.