Background
Dove, William Franklin was born on April 11, 1897 in Marion, Iowa, United States. Son of William Franklin and Edith (Gregory) Dove.
Dove, William Franklin was born on April 11, 1897 in Marion, Iowa, United States. Son of William Franklin and Edith (Gregory) Dove.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State College, 1922. Master of Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 1923, Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, 1927.
Assistant in genetics, University of Wisconsin, 1923-1926. Associate biological, Maine Argr. Experiment Station, U. Maine, 1926-1931, head department biology, 1931-1943.
Consultant, Subsistence Research Branch, Military Planning Division O.Q.M.G., Washington, 1944.
Biologist in charge Food Acceptance Research Branch, Subsistence Research and Development Laboratory, C.Q.M.D. (later Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for Armed Forces, C.Q.M.D.), Chicago, 1944-1945. Coordinator for Food Acceptance Committee on Food Research, 1945.
Chief, Food Acceptance Research Branch, Question Manager Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces, 1946-1948. Biologist United States Public Health Service, (nutrition branch), also director food acceptance Studies Department Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, 1950, research associate, 1950-1966, research associate emeritus, 1966-1972.
Advisory board United States Soil, Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Cornell Univercity, 1939-1942.
Served AS, United States Navy, Pensacola, Florida, 1918. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Human Genetics, Society for Study of Growth and Development, Genetics Society American, American Statistical Association (Biometrics), Institute Food Technologists, Sigma Xi.
Married Ruth Rebecca Stone, September 5, 1933. Children: Edith Felicia, William Franklin, Ellen Rebecca, Christopher Stone, John Gregory.