UCD Emeriti Association oral history interview with Daniel I. Axelrod, October 10, 1994 [videorecording].

University of California, Davis

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The University of California, Davis campus, originally known as the University Farm, was established by an act of the State Legislature in 1905. A committee appointed by the Regents purchased land near Davisville in 1906. The Regents officially took control of the property in September 1906 and constructed four buildings in 1907. By 1930, the campus had grown to 1,000 acres and by 1951, it had become 3,000 acres. In 2007, the campus has expanded to 5,300 acres, making it the largest UC campus in...

UCD Emeriti Association

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University of California, Davis. Dept. of Botany.

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Schorn, Howard E.

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Axelrod, Daniel I.

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Daniel Isaac Axelrod, a paleobotany educator, received his M.S. degree in 1936 and his Ph. D. in 1938 from the University of California. He began his professional career as a technician at the California Forest and Range Experiment Station in 1934. Following his positions at the United States National Museum and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, he became a professor of geology at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1946-1968. He became professor of botany at the University of C...