Leon Dexter Batchelor
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New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (1907)
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Leon Dexter Batchelor (May 8, 1884 – March 21, 1958) was an American horticulture professor. He was the longest-serving director of the University of California Citrus Experiment Station.
Early life and education
Batchelor was born in 1884 and grew up on a New England farm in Upton, Massachusetts.[1] He attended the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, as did his older brother, chemist Harry David Batchelor (class of 1903).[3] Both were members of Kappa Sigma.[4][5] Batchelor also served as a cadet in the college's Reserve Officers' Training Corps Battalion,[6][7] and was student manager of the 1906 New Hampshire football team.[8] He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1907.[9] He then attended Cornell University and earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1911.[10]
Career
Batchelor taught horticulture at Cornell from 1907 to 1910 and resigned to teach at
Batchelor became a preeminent authority within California on the study of walnuts.[16] He was named by the state director of agriculture in 1940 as the seventh member of the California Walnut Control Board.[17] Batchelor remained director of the Citrus Experimentation Station until July 1, 1951, when he returned to research.[1] Batchelor was selected as the University of California, Riverside's Faculty Research Lecturer for 1954. [2] Batchelor Hall on UC Riverside's campus is named after Batchelor, the longest-serving director of the Citrus Experimentation Station.[18]
Selected published works
- "Classification of the Peony". Cornell University Agricultural Experimentation Station of the College of Agriculture. Cornell University: 223–229. May 1910.
- Irrigation of Peaches. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. January 1916.
- Winter injury to young walnut trees during 1921-1922. Archive.org.
- Walnut culture in California. Archive.org.
- —; Reuther, Walter; OCLC 624111334.
- Walnut production in California. Archive.org.
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Boyce, Watkins & Winslow 1959, p. 6.
- ^ a b Boyce, Watkins & Winslow 1959, p. 8.
- ^ Report of the Board of Trustees. University of New Hampshire. 1904. pp. 63, 192, 194, 211, 215, 248.
- Archive.org.
- ^ "Beta Kappa: New Hampshire College". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. 21. Kappa Sigma: 452. 1906.
- ^ "Roster of Battalion". Report of the Board of Trustees of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts. 28. Durham, New Hampshire: Edward N. Pearson: 235–236. November 1, 1906.
- ^ "Roster of Battalion". New Hampshire College Catalogue. Rumford Printing Company: 144. 1905.
- ^ "New Hampshire College Football Team". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 14, no. 3. December 15, 1906. p. 42. Retrieved May 16, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Graduating Class". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 14, no. 8. June 15, 1907. p. 121. Retrieved May 16, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- Cornell Daily Sun. Vol. XXXII, no. 103. February 17, 1912.
- ^ "Thinning Apples". Pacific Rural Press. 86 (8): 172. August 23, 1913 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Campus Notes". The Cornell Countryman. 8 (1): 19. October 1910.
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- ^ "untitled". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. June 8, 1940. p. 6.
- ^ "Department History". University of California, Riverside. October 29, 2013.
Bibliography
- Watkins, G. S.; Winslow, M. M. (1959). "Leon Dexter Batchelor, Horticulture: Riverside". University of California: In Memoriam: 6–8.
External links
- Leon Dexter Batchelor at Find a Grave
- Draft registration card of September 1918 at fold3.com