Ernest N. Lindstrom
Object NameMemorial plaque
Artist / Maker
Christian Petersen
(Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)
Date1948-1949
MediumPainted plaster
Dimensions23 × 16 × 2 1/4 in. (58.4 × 40.6 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Charlotte Petersen to Special Collections, Iowa State University Library. Transferred to University Museums. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM99.58
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextMemorial plaque with bust of genetics professor Ernest N. Lindstrom (1891-1948) at Iowa State College.
In 1922, Lindstrom came to Iowa State College (University) to establish a new Genetics Department in the Division of Agriculture. Lindstrom became Professor and Head (1922-1948) of the department. He later also served as Vice Dean (1936-1948) of the Graduate College. His primary research interests included studying inheritance and linkage relations in corn and tomato plants. His work resulted in the chromosome mapping of corn and new studies in tomato polyploidy.
Published ReferencesImage: Iowa Architect, vol. VI no. 1, Jan-Feb. 1959.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
Object Name: Drawing
Christian Petersen
1940
Object number: um92.292
Object Name: Portrait Plaque
Christian Petersen
c. 1933
Object number: UM2000.3
Object Name: Portrait plaque
Christian Petersen
c. 1950s
Object number: UM97.140
Object Name: Portrait Bust
Christian Petersen
1936
Object number: U90.63
