Orland Emile White Explained

Orland Emile White
Alma Mater:	South Dakota State University Harvard University^[1]
Thesis Title:	Studies of teratological phenomena in their relation to evolution and the problems of heredity
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:	1913
Doctoral Students:	Margaret Menzel^[2]

Orland Emile White (1885–1972) was a plant geneticist who traveled to the Amazon basin on the Mulford Expedition.^[3] He served as the first director of the University of Virginia's research field station, Blandy Experimental Farm, and his research plantings developed into what is now the State Arboretum of Virginia, now known as the Orland E. White Research Arboretum in Virginia.^[4]

A collection of his papers (3300 items) is at the University of Virginia Library^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Guide to the Papers of Orland E. White, 1903-1968 White, Orland E., Papers 12767-b . Ead.lib.virginia.edu . 1973-07-17 . 2022-05-01.
2. Hasenkampf. Clare. 1986. Obituary: Margaret Young Menzel 1924-1987. The ASB Bulletin. Raleigh, N.C., etc.. Association of Southeastern Biologists. 33. 168–169. Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. Web site: Collections from the Mulford Expedition. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. March 31, 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121083548/https://www.bbg.org/collections/herbarium_mulford. January 21, 2021.
4. Web site: Blandy Experimental Farm History. blandy.virginia.edu. March 31, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407060953/http://blandy.virginia.edu/arboretum/blandy-history-intro/blandy_history_template. 7 April 2014.
5. Web site: A Guide to The Papers of Orland E. White, 1903–1968. University of Virginia Library. 2003. July 27, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112836/http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu03733.xml. March 4, 2016.