Norman Franklin Childers

Background

Childers, Norman Franklin was born on October 29, 1910 in Moscow, Idaho, United States. Son of Lucius Franklin and Frances M. (Norman) Childers.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Horticulture, University Missouri, 1933. Master of Science in Horticulture (Gregory scholar 1933-1934), University Missouri, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy in Pomology, Cornell University, 1937.

Career

Graduate assistant pomology., Cornell Univercity, 1934-1937; assistant professor horticulture, assistant research specialist, Ohio State University and Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station, 1937-1939; associate in research, Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station, 1939-1944; assistant director, senior plant physiologist federal experiment station, United States Department of Agriculture, Mayaguez, P.R., 1944-1947; professor horticulture, research specialist, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1948-1981; department chairman, Rutgers University, 1948-1966; Maurice A. Blake distinguished professor, Rutgers University, 1966-1981; professor emeritus, Rutgers University, since 1981; Adjunct Professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1981.

Achievements

• Norman Franklin Childers has been listed as a noteworthy Horticulture educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Councilman, Milltown, New Jersey, 1953-1956. Fellow American Society Horticultural Science (recipient L.M. Ware Distinguished Teaching award 1968), International Academy Preventive Medicine (honorary, Spokesman of Year since 1979), American Academy Neur. and Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Jersey Horticultural Society (president 1976). Member Columbus Horticultural Society (president 1941-1943), American Pomology Society (Wilder award 1991), Pennsylvania State Horticultural Association, Florida State Horticultural Society (honorary 1993, editor Proceedings since 1988).

Member New Jersey Garden Club (life, Honorary Distinguished award 1977).

Connections

4 children.

Father:

Lucius Franklin Childers

Mother:

Frances M. (Norman) Childers