Paul E. Read

Background

Read, Paul E. was born on July 13, 1937 in Canandaigua, New York, United States. Son of Irwin Austin and Mildred Emma (Moore) Read.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1959; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Delaware, 1967.

Career

4-H agent, Fulton County, Gloversville, New York, 1959-1962; teaching assistant, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1962-1964; research associate, U. Delaware, Newark, 1964-1967; assistant professor, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1967-1972; associate professor, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1972-1978; professor, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1978-1987; professor, head department horticulture, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, since 1987. Consultant International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1985, 86, 88, International Executive Svc. Corps, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1988.

Achievements

• Paul E. Read has been listed as a noteworthy Horticulture educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Society Horticultural Science (vice president education 1986). Member Plant Growth Regulator Society American (charter, vice president 1990, president 1992-1993), International Association Plant Tissue Culture (United States correspondent 1991-1994), American Chestnut Foundation (charter, vice president 1991-1992, president 1992-1994). M C.

Connections

Married Ann Shirley Langlitz, June 2, 1957 (divorced 1976). Children: Sharon Ann, Nancy Beth, Norman Allen. Married Christine Ann Streed, August 13, 1989.

Children: Emma Jane, Peter Austin.

Father:

Irwin Austin Read

Mother:

Mildred Emma (Moore) Read

Spouse:

Christine Ann Streed

Spouse:

Ann Shirley Langlitz

child:

Emma Jane Read

child:

Peter Austin Read

child:

Norman Allen Read

child:

Nancy Beth Read

child:

Sharon Ann Read