Born on May 3, 1954 in Charleston, Ill., the daughter of an architect and an accountant. Upon completing high school, she married a local farmer, and soon was raising a family on the farm. She began attending college classes at nearby Eastern Illinois University once her children were in school, majoring in botany and microbiology. She earned a degree in 1994, and later continued her education at the University of Illinois, where she received a Ph. D. in plant pathology in 2002. While a Ph. D. candidate, Linda began working at the National Soybean Research Center at the University of Illinois in Urbana, and continued her association with the center thereafter.
From the description of An interview with Linda Kull / Linda Kull, Mark R. DePue, interviewer. 2008. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 434109862
