Background
Buchanan, Robert Earle was born on March 27, 1883 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of John and Josephine (Hall) Buchanan.
Buchanan, Robert Earle was born on March 27, 1883 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of John and Josephine (Hall) Buchanan.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, 1904, Master of Science, 1906. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1908. Doctor of Science Rutgers University, 1954, Iowa State University, 1958.
1 son, Joseph Hall. Professor bacteriology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, since 1908, head department of bacteriology, 1910-1945, dean industrial science, 1914-1919, dean Graduate College, 1919-1948, now dean emeritus. Director of Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, 1933-1948, research professor, 1948. Guest professor Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, 1949-1950.
Member Indian-American Commision on Agriculture in India, 1956. Member International Committee on Bacteriol. Nomenclature, since 1930 (life).
Member agricultural board National.
Member agriculture commission Departments of State and Agriculture, to Arab countries, 1946. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Iowa Academy Science (president 1935-1936).
Member Society American Bacteriologists (honorary, president 1918, life.
Married Estelle Doctorate. Fogel, January 5, 1910.