NEW STAFF MEM]:!(:RS 



Franklin W. Southwiek 



Head, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 



During the winter and spring we actively searched for well trained 

 young men to fill positions which became available in the Department of 

 Horticultural Science through retirement of former staff members. Three 

 positions were available and all of these have now been filled. A brief 

 description of the training and interests of the men who have accepted 

 these positions follows. 



Dr. Allen V. Barker - Dr. Barker was born and attended higli school 

 in McLeansboro, Illinois. He did his undergraduate work at the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois in Agricultural Science and graduated with high honors 

 in 1958. 



He continued his studies at Cornell University where he majored in 

 soil science and minored in plant physiology and biochemistry and obtained 

 his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1959 and 1962, respectively. His tliesis 

 work, under the direction of Dr. Richard Bradf ield , was concerned with the 

 influence of potassium and nitrogen on the growth and composition of corn 

 plants. 



In 1962 Dr. Barker was appointed a Post-Doctoral Fellow at North Car- 

 olina State College in the Department of Soils, where he has been working 

 with Drs. W. A. Jackson and R. J. Volk on plant physiological problems. 

 His most recent work is related to the effects of NHlj on photosynthesis, 

 respiration and growth of plants. 



Dr. Barker's background in soil science plus his interest in plant 

 nutrition and other physiological problems should make him a very valuable 

 addition to the new Plant and Soil Sciences Department (combined Horticul- 

 tural Science and Agronomy Departments) being established July 1, 196t+. 

 He joins our staff on July 1, 1964. 



Dr. William J. Bramlage - Dr. Bramlage is a native of Ohio and went 

 to high school in Dayton. He graduated with honors from Ohio State Uni- 

 versity in 1959. At Ohio State he majored in Hort i.cu i ciirp witu a n^i.Too 

 interest in tree fruits. 



Dr. Bramlage continued his studies at the University of Maryland 

 under the direction of Dr. Arthur Thompson. His thesis work at Mary- 

 land i\/as related to the influence of early-season boron sprays on fruit 

 color, finish, maturity and storage life of apples and on carboliydrate 

 changes and enzyme activity in the fruits. This work has recently been 

 published in Maryland Agricultural Station Bulletin A-129, 1963. Dr. 

 Bramlage majored in Horticulture at Maryland and minored in plant physi- 

 ology, biometrics and biochemistry and received his M.S. and Ph.D. de- 

 grees in 1961 and 1963 respectively. 



Following receipt of his Ph.D., Dr. Bramlage has been employed at 

 the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Agricultural Marketing Service, 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fresno, California. At Fresno, Dr. 

 Bramlage has been concerned with the evaluation of gamma radiation as 

 a means of reducing losses of fruits and vegetables during storage and 

 marketing. 



