Glen N. Davis

GLEN N. DAVIS

Born: Vroman, Colorado, August 18, 1906
Died: Davis, California, November 2, 1969
Marriage: Jewel A. Norris - June 22, 1929
Children: Gretchen McDonald, Richard Davis, and Robert Davis
Education: 

• Fowler High School, Fowler, Colorado and Pueblo Central High School, Pueblo, Colorado, 1919-1923
• Colorado State College, Ft. Collins, Colorado, receiving the B.S. in Agronomy, 1929
• Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, M.S. 1930,  Ph.D. 1934

Employment: 

• Research Fellow and Research Graduate Assistant at Iowa State College 1929-1934
• Research Assistant, Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State College, 1934-1938
• Professor in Truck Crops and Olericulturist, University of California at Davis, 1938-1969
  • Served twice as acting chairman of the department.

Research and Professional Interests: 

• Plant breeding of cucurbits, melons, onions and potatoes Developed the following varieties:
  • Cantaloupes - Baby Persian, Golden Pershaw, PMR-5, PMR-6, PMR-7, Jacumba, and Campo
  • Watermelons - Baby Klondike and RS-57 Klondike
  • Squash - Orange Banana
  • Onions - Hybrid Red, San Joaquin, and Excel

Honors, Awards, Professional Societies:

• American Phytopathological Society
• Sigma Xi
• American Society for Horticultural Science
• Alpha Zeta
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Quarter Century Club

Activities:

• Cubmaster, Mariner's Mate Sea Scouts
• Adviser for Vegetable Crop majors, active in numerous departmental and University committees.
• Judge at FFA days, 4-H Club leader
• American Phytopathological Society
• Sigma Xi
• American Society for Horticultural Science
• Alpha Zeta
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Quarter Century Club, Davis Campus.

Hobbies: Gardening, fishing, hunting, 4-H Club work, Scouts