Background
SCHREINER, Oswald was born on May 29, 1875 in Nassau, Germany. Son of Louis and Susanne (Volkert) Schreiner.
chief Division Soil Investigations
SCHREINER, Oswald was born on May 29, 1875 in Nassau, Germany. Son of Louis and Susanne (Volkert) Schreiner.
Graduate Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1892. Graduate in Pharmacy, U. Maryland, 1894. Johns Hopkins, 1894-1895.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1897, Master of Science, 1899, Doctor of Philosophy, 1902.
United States Pharmacopeia research fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1895-1896, assistant in pharmaceutical technique, 1896-1897, instructor, 1897-1902, instructor physical chemistry, 1902-1903, expert physical chemist, Bureau of Soils, United States Department of Agriculture, summer 1902, chemist, 1903-1906, chief Division Soil Fertility Investigations, 1906-1940. Assistant to chief, bureau of Plant Industry, 1940-1944. Collaborator since 1944.
Counseling professor chemistry, American University, 1914-1934. United States delegate 1st International Congress of Soil Science, Washington, District of Columbia, 1927, chairman of the executive committee same. United States delegate 4th Pacific Science Congress, Java, 1929 and Congress International Sugar Cane Technologists, Java, 1929.
Consultant delegate Inter-American Conference on Agriculture, 1930. United States delegate 3d International Congress Soil science, Oxford, England, 1935. Delegate 8th American Scientific Congress, Washington, 1939.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy. Member American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, Association of Agricultural Chemists (president 1928), Washington Academy Science, Botanical Society America, Soil Science Society of America, International Soil Science Society, International Sugar Cane Technologists, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Cosmos.
Married Frances Rector, October 11, 1902. Children: Louis Rector, Oswald.