Owen Francis Burger

Background

Burger, Owen Francis was born on June 8, 1885 in Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Amandus Kresge and Eliza Ann (Barthold) Burger.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1909. Master of Sciences, University of Florida, 1911. Master of Science, Harvard, 1915, Doctor of Science, Harvard, 1916.

Career

Assistant plant pathologist, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, 1911-1913. University scholar, Harvard, 1913-1914, and Priscilla Clark Hodges scholarship, same university, 1914-1916. Instructor plant pathology, Citrous Experiment Station, University of California, 1916-1918.

Pathologist United States Department of Agriculture, 1918-1920.

Plant pathologist Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Florida, December since 1920.

Achievements

• Owen Francis Burger has been listed as a noteworthy plant pathologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Helen Sanborn Lothrop, July 22, 1916.

Father:

Amandus Kresge Burger

Mother:

Eliza Ann (Barthold) Burger

Spouse:

Helen Sanborn Lothrop