Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....RUSSELL, H. L. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Vickery tsvickery@gmail.com December 11, 2007, 4:13 pm Author: Beck, J. D. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT HEADS. H. L. RUSSELL, Dean of the college of Agriculture was born in Poynette, Columbia county, Wisconsin, March 12, 1886. Entered University of Wisconsin, 1884, graduating in 1888. Was fellow in Biology in the University from 1888 to 1890, specializing in bacteriology. Studied in Europe in Koch's Laboratory, University of Berlin, Zoological Station at Naples, The Pasteur Institute in Paris. Given the degree of Ph. D. from John Hopkins' University, 1892. Continued bacteriological studies at the Woods Holl Biological Station, Mass. Fellow in Bacteriology, University of Chicago, 1893-98. Called to the University of Wisconsin in 1898 as assistant professor of bacteriology and bacteriologist in the Experiment Station. Elected professor of bacteriology 1896. This was a new line of work inaugurated by Dean Henry, the first college to take up consideration of agricultural problems from the bacteriological point of view. Most of his work since coming here at the Agricultural College has been along dairy and animal disease lines, especially in connection with investigations concerning the ripening of cheese and bovine tuberculosis. Dean College of Agriculture and director Agricultural Experiment station, 1907. Additional Comments: Beck, J. D. . The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1909/bios/russell1025gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb