Background
Hageman, Richard Harry was born on April 14, 1917 in Powell, Wyoming, United States. Son of Frank Roy and Creda D. (Wright) Hageman.
Hageman, Richard Harry was born on April 14, 1917 in Powell, Wyoming, United States. Son of Frank Roy and Creda D. (Wright) Hageman.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Kansas State College, 1938; Master of Science in Agricultural Chemistry, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Nutrition, University of California-Berkeley, 1954.
Research assistant, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1938-1940;
assistant chemist, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, 1940-1942, 46-47;
chemist, Department Agriculture Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez, P.R., 1947-1950;
assistant professor plant physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1954-1957;
associate professor plant physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1957-1961;
professor plant physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1961-1984;
professor plant physiology emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1984. External examiner U. West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. Visiting professor Michigan State University, 1967-1968.
Visiting lecturer American Society Agronomy, 1964-1966.
Captain Chemical corpus, United States army, 1942-1946. Fellow American Society Agronomy (Crop Science award 1967, Agronomic Research award 1984), Crop Science Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Plant Physiologists (Hoagland award 1985), Plant Physiology Society (vice president Midwest section 1967-1968, president 1968-1969), Bio-chemical Society (England), Federal American Society Experimental Botany, Military Order World Wars, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Gamma Sigma Delta, Pi Sigma.
Married Margaret Elizabeth Catlett, August 14, 1940. Children– James H., Janet A., Peggy D.