Background
Popham, Richard Allen was born on September 29, 1913 in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank and Charlotte (Kluge) Popham.
Popham, Richard Allen was born on September 29, 1913 in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank and Charlotte (Kluge) Popham.
Bachelor of Education, Eastern Illinois University, 1936. Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1940.
Member of faculty, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1940-1988;
associate professor botany, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1950-1968;
professor botoany, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1968-1982;
professor emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1982-1988. Chief ballistician Scioto Ordnance Plant, 1942-1943. Superintendent atomic bomb manufacturing plant, Los Alamos, 1943-1945.
Consultant Batelle Memorial Institute, 1958-1970. Research collaborator Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1964-1988.
Recipient Alfred J. Wright award Ohio State University, 1966. Member Botanical Society of America (business manager American Journal Botany 1972-1988), International Society Plant Morphologists, Ohio Academy of Sciences (president 1965-1966, patron 1971-1988), Society Economic Botany, Columbus Numismatic Society (president 1973, treasurer 1974-1977), Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha (national treasurer, president 1956-1960, national editor 1968-1973).