Background
Mai, William Frederick was born on July 23, 1916 in Greenwood, Delaware, United States. Son of William Frederick and Laurana (Owens) Mai.
Mai, William Frederick was born on July 23, 1916 in Greenwood, Delaware, United States. Son of William Frederick and Laurana (Owens) Mai.
Bachelor of Science, University Delaware, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1945.
Assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1946-1949; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1949-1952; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1952-1981; Liberty Hyde professor plant pathology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1981-1983; professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1983. Consultant National Academy Sciences, International Potato Center, Brands Company, Agency for International Development.
(Formerly titled Pictorial Key to the Genera of Plant-Para...)
Coach Little League Baseball and Football, Ithaca, 1955—1960. Chairman Community Organization, 1960—1965. Fellow American Phytopath.
Society (president Northeastern division 1968-1969 award of merit Northeastern div). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Nematologists (president 1969 honorary life), Helminthological Society Washington, Society European Nematologists, Potato Association American Lodges: Rotary.
Married Barbara Lee Morrell, June 2, 1941. Children: Virginia Mai Abrams, William Howard Mai, Eliabeth Hardy Mai.