Background
Dorsey, Maxwell J. was born on May 3, 1880 in Dresden, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel and Martha Jane (Magruder) Dorsey.
Dorsey, Maxwell J. was born on May 3, 1880 in Dresden, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel and Martha Jane (Magruder) Dorsey.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State College, 1906. Master of Science in Agriculture, Cornell Univercity, 1910, Doctor of Philosophy, 1913.
1 son, John Muir. Instructor in horticulture, U. Maine, 1906-1907. Assistant horticulturist, New York State Experimental Station, Geneva, 1907-1910. Assistant in plant breeding Cornell, 1910-1911.
Assistant and associate horticulturist, University of Minnesota, 1911-1921.
Head, department horticulture, West Virginia University, 1921-1925. Chief in pomology, University of Illinois, 1925-1966.
Head, department horticulture, University of Illinois, 1941, retired Secretary-treasurer National Peach Council March 1949-1966.
By Christ living within, and by the powerful work of the Holy Spirit, people can inadequately yet genuinely love and live in the spirit of God’s commands.
Fellow American Society Horticultural Science, American Naturalists, American Pomol. Society, American Genetic Association, Illinois Horticultural Society. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Sigma Nu, Gamma Alpha, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Tau Alpha.
Mason, Rotarian.
Assisted Doctor U. P. Hedrick in writing Grapes of New York, 1908.
Married Jean Muir, December 9, 1914.