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.
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.