Background
Whitehead, Marvin Delbert was born on December 18, 1917 in Paoli, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Chester Arthur and Lola Elizabeth (Donnell) Whitehead.
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Marvin Delbert Whitehead
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Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1939; Master of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy (fellow), University of Wisconsin, 1949.
Career
Seed analyst, Soil Conservation Svc. USDA, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1936-1938; assistant in agronomy, Oklahoma State University, 1939-1940; senior seed analyst, Federal State Seed Laboratory, Montgomery, Alabama, 1940-1942; assistant plant pathologist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1946-1948; assistant professor plant pathology, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1949-1955; associate professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1955-1960; professor botany, Edinboro State College, Pennsylvania, 1960-1963; professor plant pathology, Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, Georgia, 1963-1968; professor botany and plant pathology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1968-1975; owner, director, Marvern Plant Health, Inc., Atlanta, since 1978. Consultant control of plant diseases.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Army Air Force, 1941-1946, PTO. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Phytopathol. Society, Mycological Society American, Botanical Society American, American Institute Biological Sciences, Crop Science Society American, American Society Agronomy, Ofcl.Seed Analysts North America, Georgia Academy Science, Wisconsin Academy Science, Druid Hills Golf Club (Atlanta).
Connections
1 child, James Mark.
