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Ernest N. Lindstrom
Ernest N. Lindstrom
Ernest N. Lindstrom

Ernest N. Lindstrom

Object NameMemorial plaque
Artist / Maker (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 view
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
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