Professor Harold J. Evans injects bacterial extract into a tightly sealed, oxygen-free test tube, ca. 1972.

Title: Professor Harold J. Evans injects bacterial extract into a tightly sealed, oxygen-free test tube, ca. 1972.
LC Subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty Evans, H. J. (Harold J.) Biochemistry and Biophysics Botany and Plant Pathology
Description: Coming to OSU in 1961, Harold J. Evans held professorships in plant physiology and biochemistry until his retirement in 1988. Specializing in the study of nitrogen fixation, Evans also served as Director of the Laboratory for Nitrogen Fixation Research. In 1972, Evans was the first OSU faculty member elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors a U.S. scientist can receive. Evans studied processes related to nitrogen fixation. He became professor in the Botany and Plant Pathology Department in 1961, received OSU's Distinguished Professor Award in 1988, and retired later that year.
Work Type: photographs
Date: 1972
Identifier: p120_5166
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: Extension and Experiment Station Communications Photograph Collection, 1912-1997 (P 120)
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Institution: Oregon State University
Modified: 2012-10-12
Submission Date: 2012-10-12