Robert E. Buchanan (1883-1973) was a bacteriologist and administrator at Iowa State University where he also received his B.S. (1904) and M.S. (1906) degrees. He was the first head of the Bacteriology Dept. (1910-1945), the first dean of Industrial Science (1914-1916), the first Dean of the Graduate College (1919-1948), Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station (1933-1948), and active in many national and international scientific committees, commissions and boards. He served as editor of the Journal of Science (Iowa State University), International Bulletins of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy, International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria and Viruses, and Bergey's Manual. Buchanan also served on the National Research Council, Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, President's (Truman) Committee on Foreign Aid, Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) and on various agricultural missions to Greece, the Middle East, and India. He was a visiting professor in Germany and was a consultant on technical cooperation between Latin America and U.S. universities.
Buchanan Hall in the Iowa State University residence hall system is named in his memory.
The following information was contributed by James Maynard:
An article titled Robert Earle Buchanan: an unappreciated scientist. by R. Singleton
was published in the September-October 1999 issue of The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.
Buchanan Hall in the Iowa State University residence hall system is named in his memory.
The following information was contributed by James Maynard:
An article titled Robert Earle Buchanan: an unappreciated scientist. by R. Singleton
was published in the September-October 1999 issue of The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.
Robert E. Buchanan (1883-1973) was a bacteriologist and administrator at Iowa State University where he also received his B.S. (1904) and M.S. (1906) degrees. He was the first head of the Bacteriology Dept. (1910-1945), the first dean of Industrial Science (1914-1916), the first Dean of the Graduate College (1919-1948), Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station (1933-1948), and active in many national and international scientific committees, commissions and boards. He served as editor of the Journal of Science (Iowa State University), International Bulletins of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy, International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria and Viruses, and Bergey's Manual. Buchanan also served on the National Research Council, Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, President's (Truman) Committee on Foreign Aid, Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) and on various agricultural missions to Greece, the Middle East, and India. He was a visiting professor in Germany and was a consultant on technical cooperation between Latin America and U.S. universities.
Buchanan Hall in the Iowa State University residence hall system is named in his memory.
The following information was contributed by James Maynard:
An article titled Robert Earle Buchanan: an unappreciated scientist. by R. Singleton
was published in the September-October 1999 issue of The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.
Buchanan Hall in the Iowa State University residence hall system is named in his memory.
The following information was contributed by James Maynard:
An article titled Robert Earle Buchanan: an unappreciated scientist. by R. Singleton
was published in the September-October 1999 issue of The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.
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