Lewis Stadler
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Lewis John Stadler (July 6, 1896 – May 12, 1954) was an American geneticist. His research focused on the mutagenic effects of different forms of radiation on economically important plants like maize and barley.
Biography
Lewis John Stadler was born in
U.S. Department of Agriculture beginning in 1930. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1938.[2] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1941 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949.[3][4] Stadler completed presidential terms for several academic organizations, including Genetics Society of America, American Society of Naturalists, and Sigma Xi.[5]
While Stadler spent almost his entire academic life at the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
rejected his passport application and conducted a loyalty investigation; Stadler initially thought it was a State Department action.
Stadler married Cornelia Field Tuckerman in 1919. They had six children: Maury, Henry, David, John, Eliot, and Joan.
Although Stadler's initial research was on field plot technique and
ultraviolet rays.[6]
His work earned him an international reputation.
He died of leukemia in 1954.
In his honor, the University of Missouri holds the Stadler Genetics Symposium every two years.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d Rhoades, M.M. "Lewis John Stadler, 1896-1954" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Lewis J. Stadler". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "Lewis John Stadler". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ Stadler, Lewis John (1896-1954), Papers, 1927-1955, C2429 at the State Historical Society of Missouri
- PMID 16588111. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
- ^ Stadler Genetics Symposium Archived 2006-11-13 at the Wayback Machine - University of Missouri
- Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty. 2000. Stadler, Lewis John. American National Biography Online
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