Background
Pella, Milton Orville was born on February 13, 1914 in Wilmot, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Charles August and Ida Marie (Pagel) Pella.
Pella, Milton Orville was born on February 13, 1914 in Wilmot, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Charles August and Ida Marie (Pagel) Pella.
Bachelor of Engineering, Milwaukee State Teachers College, 1936; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1948.
Teacher science and mathematics, Wyler Military Academy, 1937-1938;
teacher elementary school, Delavan Public Schools, 1938-1939;
teacher science, University of Wisconsin High School, 1939-1942;
professor science education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1946-1980;
professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1980;
With, Foreign Ednl. Service, Turkey, 1959;
With, Foreign Ednl. Service, Iran, Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, 1961, 62;
With, Foreign Ednl.
Service, Jordan, Lebanon, 1963, 64, 65, 66, 68;
With, Foreign Ednl. Service, Costa Rica, 1967;
With, Foreign Ednl. Service, Saudi Arabia, 1969;
With, Foreign Ednl.
Service, Nigeria, 1968, 69;
With, Foreign Ednl. Service, Lebanon and Egypt, 1971-1981.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Central Association Science and Mathematics (president 1955), National Association for Research in Science Teaching (president 1966), National Science Teachers Association (director 1950, 60), Masons.
Married Germaine Marie Reich, December 9, 1944.