Ralph Elrod

Background

Elrod, Ralph was born on January 17, 1913 in Oakland. California. Son of Ralph Leroy and Rose (Gyson) Elrod.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1936, Master of Science, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1941.

Career

Instructor Brown University, Providence, 1940-1941. Associate Rockefeller Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, 1941-1947. Professor, department chairman microbiology U. South Dakot, since 1947.

Achievements

• Ralph Elrod has been listed as a noteworthy bacteriologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as major Sanitary corpus, United States army, 1942-1945, bacteriologist, serologist, and parasitologist. Member American Association Immunologists, Society American Bacteriol., Sigma Xi, Alpha Tau Omega.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Virginia Keefe, October 30, 1942. Children: Perry Keefe, Ralph George.

Father:

Ralph Leroy Elrod

Mother:

Rose (Gyson) Elrod

Spouse:

Elizabeth Virginia Keefe

child:

Ralph George Elrod

child:

Perry Keefe Elrod