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A History, by W.F. Mai
Graduate Students with a Major or Minor in Plant Nematology
From 1947 to the present (1996), 45 Ph.D. and 25 M.S. degrees have been granted in Plant Pathology with special emphasis in Plant Nematology at Cornell. According to an informal survey by Ken Barker of North Carolina State during a 15 or so year period in the 1960's and 1970's more Ph.D. degrees in Plant Nematology were granted at Cornell than at any other university. Also the students receiving these degrees published more papers than students from any other university. At least 20 of the students granted degrees at Cornell are now teaching plant nematology at universities or colleges.
Students' names, the years each were registered in the Cornell Graduate School, and the years degrees were received are given in Table 3, below. Thesis titles can be found in Table 4.
Table 3. Students Majoring or Minoring in Nematology at Cornell
YEAR | NAME | DEGREE |
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1947 | Lear, Bert | PhD |
1951 | Harrison, Martin Bernard Ferris III, John Mason |
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1952 | Harrison, Martin Bernard Ferris III, John Mason |
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1953 | Harrison, Martin Bernard Ferris III, John Mason, von Mechow Lewis, Freda Joyce Lewis, Gwynne David |
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1954 | Harrison, Martin Bernard Ferris III, John Mason, von Mechow Lewis, Freda Joyce Lewis, Gwynne David |
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1955 | Harrison, Martin Bernard Ferris III, John Mason, von Mechow Lewis, Freda Joyce Lewis, Gwynne David Dolliver, James Stafford Ward, Calvin Herbert |
PhD |
1956 | Ferris III, John Mason, von Mechow Lewis, Freda Joyce Lewis, Gwynne David Dolliver, James Stafford Ward, Calvin Herbert |
PhD MS |
1957 | Lewis, Gwynne David Dolliver, James Stafford Ward, Calvin Herbert |
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1958 | Lewis, Gwynne David Dolliver, James Stafford Ward, Calvin Herbert |
PhD MS |
1959 | Dolliver, James Stafford Ward, Calvin Herbert Hibben, Craig Rittenhouse MacDonald, David Howard Hoff, John Kay |
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1960 | Dolliver, James Stafford Ward, Calvin Herbert Hibben, Craig Rittenhouse MacDonald, David Howard Fliegel, Peter Hoff, John Kay Morsink, Frederick |
PhD PhD |
1961 | Hibben, Craig Rittenhouse MacDonald, David Howard Edmunds, Joseph Edsel Fliegel, Peter Hoff, John Kay Cali, Carmen Theresa Jones, Edmund Malcolm Smith, John Jay Bucknor, Arthur Joseph Eugene |
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1962 | Hibben, Craig Rittenhouse MacDonald, David Howard Edmunds, Joseph Edsel Fliegel, Peter Hoff, John Kay Cali, Carmen Theresa Jones, Edmund Malcolm Smith, John Jay Bucknor, Arthur Joseph Eugene Kable, Phillip Frederick |
PhD MS |
1963 | Edmunds, Joseph Edsel Fliegel, Peter Hoff, John Kay Morsink, Frederick Cali, Carmen Theresa Jones, Edmund Malcolm Smith, John Jay Bucknor, Arthur Joseph Eugene Kable, Phillip Frederick MacDonald, David Howard EI-Sherif, Moustafa Abdel Gawad Sonderhousen, Erik Olaf Bird, George William |
MS MS PhD MS |
1964 | Edmunds, Joseph Edsel Cali, Carmen Theresa Jones, Edmund Malcolm Smith, John Jay Bucknor, Arthur Joseph Eugene Kable, Phillip Frederick MacDonald, David Howard EI-Sherif, Moustafa Abdel Gawad Sonderhousen, Erik Olaf Bird, George William Kiernan, Josephine Ann |
PhD PhD MS PhD |
1965 | Edmunds, Joseph Edsel Bucknor, Arthur Joseph Eugene MacDonald, David Howard El-Sherif, Moustafa Abdel Gawad Sonderhousen, Erik Olaf Bird, George William Kiernan, Josephine Ann Chukwujike Ndubizu, Thomas Onuoha Dwinell, Lew David Gilmore, Samuel Kenneth Deal, D. Robert Thistlethwayte, Barrie |
PhD MS MS |
1966 | Bucknor, Arthur Joseph Eugene MacDonald, David Howard El-Sherif, Moustafa Abdel Gawad Bird, George William Kiernan, Josephine Ann Chukwujike Ndubizu, Thomas Onuoha Dwinell, Lew David Gilmore, Samuel Kenneth Deal, D. Robert Thistlethwayte, Barrie Dunn, Robert Arthur Hogger, Christoph Hans Riedel, Richard Mack |
PhD PhD |
1967 | El-Sherif, Moustafa Abdel Gawad Bird, George William Chukwujike Ndubizu, Thomas Onuoha Dwinell, Lew David Gilmore, Samuel Kenneth Deal, D. Robert Thistlethwayte, Barrie Dunn, Robert Arthur Hogger, Christoph Hans Riedel, Richard Mack Scurrah, Maria M. |
PhD MS PhD |
1968 | El-Sherif, Moustafa Abdel Gawad Gilmore, Samuel Kenneth Deal, D. Robert Thistlethwayte, Barrie Dunn, Robert Arthur Hogger, Christoph Hans Riedel, Richard Mack Hutton, David George Scurrah, Maria M. Wong, Tank Ka |
PhD PhD |
1969 | Deal, D. Robert Thistlethwayte, Barrie Dunn, Robert Arthur Hogger, Christoph Hans Riedel, Richard Mack Hutton, David George Scurrah, Maria M. Wong, Tank Ka |
PhD PhD |
1970 | Dunn, Robert Arthur Hogger, Christoph Hans Riedel, Richard Mack Hutton, David George Scurrah, Maria M. Wong, Tank Ka |
MS MS PhD MS |
1971 | Dunn, Robert Arthur Scurrah, Maria M. Wong, Tank Ka Tarte, Rodrigo |
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1972 | Dunn, Robert Arthur Scurrah, Maria M. Wong, Tank Ka Tarte, Rodrigo Fawole, Bamidele Starr, James Lester |
PhD PhD |
1973 | Dunn, Robert Arthur Tarte, Rodrigo Fawole, Bamidele Starr, James Lester Hoopes, Robert Wayne Roth, Frederick |
PhD |
1974 | Tarte, Rodrigo Fawole, Bamidele Starr, James Lester Hoopes, Robert Wayne Roth, Frederick Tschang, Arnold T. |
PhD |
1975 | Fawole, Bamidele Starr, James Lester Hoopes, Robert Wayne Liburd, Osbert Wordsworth Roth, Frederick Tschang, Arnold T. Jaffee, Bruce Allan |
MS |
1976 | Fawole, Bamidele Starr, James Lester Hoopes, Robert Wayne Liburd, Osbert Wordsworth Aiwerioghene, Osagie Roth, Frederick Tschang, Arnold T. Jaffee, Bruce Allan |
PhD |
1977 | Fawole, Bamidele Hoopes, Robert Wayne Liburd, Osbert Wordsworth Aiwerioghene, Osagie Roth, Frederick Tschang, Arnold T. Jaffee, Bruce Allan Euyang, Carol |
PhD MS PhD |
1978 | Hoopes, Robert Wayne Aiwerioghene, Osagie Roth, Frederick Tschang, Arnold T. Jaffee, Bruce Allan Euyang, Carol Bonsi, Conrad Komla Canto-Saenz, Manuel Antonio Obrycki, John Joseph |
PhD MS PhD PhD MS |
1979 | Jaffee, Bruce Allan Euyang, Carol Bonsi, Conrad Komla Canto-Saenz, Manuel Antonio Obrycki, John Joseph LaMondia, James Arthur |
MS MS |
1980 | Jaffee, Bruce Allan Bonsi, Conrad Komla Canto-Saenz, Manuel Antonio Obrycki, John Joseph LaMondia, James Arthur |
MS |
1981 | Jaffee, Bruce Allan Bonsi, Conrad Komla Canto-Saenz, Manuel Antonio Obrycki, John Joseph LaMondia, James Arthur Georgi, Laura Leel |
PhD |
1982 | Bonsi, Conrad Komla Canto-Saenz, Manuel Antonio Obrycki, John Joseph LaMondia, James Arthur Georgi, Laura Lee Bitterlin, Martin Walter |
PhD PhD PhD MS |
1983 | LaMondia, James Arthur Georgi, Laura Lee Bitterlin, Martin Walter Mullin, Barbara Anne |
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1984 | LaMondia, James Arthur Georgi, Laura Lee Bitterlin, Martin Walter Mullin, Barbara Anne Florini, Diane Allyn |
PhD |
1985 | Georgi, Laura Lee Bitterlin, Martin Walter Mullin, Barbara Anne Florini, Diane Allyn Merwin, Ian Alexander |
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1986 | Georgi, Laura Lee Bitterlin, Martin Walter Mullin, Barbara Anne Florini, Diane Allyn Merwin, Ian Alexander |
PhD PhD MS |
1987 | Mullin, Barbara Anne Florini, Diane Allyn Merwin, Ian Alexander Arevalo-Guerra, Marco Antonio |
PhD |
1988 | Mullin, Barbara Anne Merwin, Ian Alexander Arevalo-Guerra, Marco Antonio |
MS |
1989 | Mullin, Barbara Anne Arevalo-Guerra, Marco Antonio France, Rene Andres |
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1990 | Mullin, Barbara Anne Arevalo-Guerra, Marco Antonio France, Rene Andres |
PhD MS |
1991 | Arevalo-Guerra, Marco Antonio France, Rene Andres |
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1992 | Arevalo-Guerra, Marco Antonio France, Rene Andres |
MS |
1993 | Arevalo-Guerra, Marco Antonio France, Rene Andres |
PhD |
1994 | France, Rene Andres | PhD |
1995 | Viaene, Nicole, M.M. | PhD |
2001 | Mitkowski, Nathaniel Aaron | PhD |
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