George A. Zentmyer
George A. Zentmyer Jr. | |
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Born | Olivewood Memorial Park, Riverside, California | August 9, 1913
Education | (1935)
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Occupation | Professor of Plant Pathology at University of California, Riverside |
Years active | 1962–1981[3] |
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Title | Plant Pathology[5] |
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Spouse | Dorothy Anne Dudley |
Awards | American Phytopathological Society's Lifetime Achievement Award
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George Aubrey Zentmyer, Jr. (August 9, 1913 – February 8, 2003) was an American
Early life
Zentmyer was born in North Platte, Nebraska to Mary Elizabeth Strahorn and George Aubrey Zentmyer, Sr. While an undergraduate at University of California, Los Angeles Zentmyer was a sportswriter for the Bruin.[8] He went on to graduate work at University of California, Berkeley. Both Zentmyer's master's and doctoral theses discussed the cytospora attacking the Italian cypress.[1][2]
Career
Zentmyer started work in 1937 at the San Francisco office of the
Zentmyer was awarded a
Zentmyer was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1979.[17] From 1972 to 1994 he was an associate editor of the Annual Review of Phytopathology. In 1981 Zentmyer retired from teaching and was awarded the American Phytopathological Society's Award of Distinction after having been a longtime member and officer.[21] That same year the California Avocado Society gave Zentmyer a "special award of merit", only the third in their 65-year history, to recognize his work to save the avocado.[22] In 1983 he was a resident at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center.[23]
In 2013 an eponymous
Published works
- Zentmyer, GA (1942). "Toxin formation by Ceratostomella ulmi". PMID 17802486.
- "Mechanism of action of 8-hydroxyquinoline". Phytopathology. 33: 1121. 1943.
- Zentmyer, GA (1944). "Inhibition of metal catalysis as a fungistatic mechanism". PMID 17753084.
- "A laboratory method for testing soil fungicides, with Phytophthora cinnamomi as a test organism". Phytopathology. 45: 398–404. 1955.
- Zentmyer, G. A. (1961). "Chemotaxis of zoospores for root exudates". S2CID 23381075.
- "Biological control of Phytophthora root rot of avocado with alfalfa meal". Phytopathology. 53: 1383. 1963.
Notes
- ^ The USDA Division of Forest Pathology had been created in 1907 as part of what was then the Bureau of Plant Industry. The division was transferred in 1954 to the United States Forest Service.[9]
References
Citations
- ^ a b "Degrees Conferred". Register-University of California. 2. University of California: 52. 1936.
- ^ a b "The Seventy-Fifth Commencement". University of California, Berkeley. May 21, 1938: 81.
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- ^ a b "George Aubrey Zentmyer Honored by Riverside by Colleagues for 1963–64 Academic Year". University Bulletin. 12 (2). University of California: 13. July 15, 1963.
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- ^ a b "George Zentmyer '35". University of California, Los Angeles.
- ^ Menge, John (2002). "In MEMORIAM – George Aubrey Zentmyer" (PDF). California Avocado Society Yearbook. 86. California Avocado Society: 43–45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
- ^ Cooksey 2014, p. 8.
- ISBN 9780471129523.
- ^ Cooksey 2014, p. 4.
- Berkeley Daily Gazette. August 21, 1944. p. 5.
- ^ Kendrick, Jr., James B. (1987). Lage, Ann (ed.). "From Plant Pathologist to Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, 1947–1986" (PDF). Bancroft Library.
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(help - ^ "News from the Campuses". University Bulletin. 11 (33): 161. April 29, 1963.
- ^ a b Cooksey 2014, p. 6.
- ^ Erwin, Donald C.; Menge, John A.; Weathers, Lewis G. "In Memoriam: George A. Zentmyer Professor of Plant Pathology, Emeritus UC Riverside 1913 – 2003". University of California. Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
- ^ "Research Programs Constituting U.S. Participation in the International Biological Program". Report, United States National Committee for the International Biological Program (4). National Academies Press: 80. 1971.
- ^ "AAAS Pacific Division Officers". American Association for the Advancement of Science. November 13, 2013.
- ^ Cooksey 2014, p. 7.
- The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 20, 1981. p. 42 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "The List" (PDF). Rockefeller Foundation: 271. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
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(help) - ^ a b US application 13/200,179, Menge, John A.; Martin, Gray E. & Bergh, Berthold O. et al., "Avocado Rootstock Named 'Zentmyer'", published 2013-03-21, assigned to The Regents of the University of California
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- ^ International Plant Names Index. Zentmyer.
Bibliography
- Cooksey, Donald A. (2014). "George A. Zentmyer 1913–2003" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences.
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Further reading
- "George Zentmyer" (PDF). .