Buck, Griffith J., 1915-1991

Griffith J. Buck was born to Griffith Allen and Mary Louise (Inns) Buck on April 19, 1915, in Cincinnatti, Iowa. He graduated from Rockford (Illinois) Central High School (1923) and later attended Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (1940-1941). During World War II, he served in the airborne infantry (1942-1945) and attained the rank of Sergeant..

After the war, he earned a B.S. (1948) and M.S. (1949) in horticulture and a Ph.D. (1953) in microbiology from Iowa State College (University). Buck joined the staff of the Department of Horticulure at Iowa State as Instructor in 1949. He was promoted to Associate (1952-1953), Assistant Professor (1953-1958), Associate Professor (1958-1974), and Professor (1974-1985).

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