Loyal F. "Pete" Bauman, Professor Emeritus of Agronomy at Purdue University, was born on October 18, 1920 and reared on a farm in Nokomis, Illinois. His parents were Frederic C. and Lydia A. Peper Bauman. He interrupted his university studies to enlist in the Army Air Force in February 1943. He completed pilot training and served as an instructor in advanced flight training and in an administrative position until his discharge from the service in October 1945.
He received the B.S. Degree in 1946, M.S. in 1947, and Ph.D. in 1950, all from the University of Illinois. During his graduate studies he was assistant in corn breeding at the University of Illinois. Upon completion of his Ph.D. degree, he was a research agronomist with the Agricultural Research Service, USDA in Tifton, Georgia and Wooster, Ohio, from 1953 to 1959. He joined Purdue University in 1959 as professor of genetics and plant breeding where he served until his retirement in June 1986.
Dr. Bauman was recognized among his colleagues as a very skillful and productive corn geneticist and breeder. He and his associates were the first to apply the technique of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to determine oil content of individual corn kernels. Genetic analysis to estimate the importance of epitasis in determining yield and other plant characteristics developed by Dr. Bauman, has been refined and is widely utilized by other researchers in a number of crop species.
Throughout his career he was involved in the development and evaluation of superior corn hybrids, inbred lines, and germplasm pools. Many of his inbred line releases have been used extensively by the seed industry in the production of hybrid seed for the U. S. corn belt. He has also made important contributions through his advisory capacity to persons in the seed industry. He served as Purdue's North Central Corn Breeding Research Committee (NCR-2) representative from 1960 through 1986. Dr. Bauman was chairman of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station Corn Improvement Committee from 1962 to 1986, and a member of the Indiana Crop Improvement Association's Corn Committee.
Dr. Bauman served as advisor at Purdue University for 15 Ph.D. and six M.S. students and eight post-graduate fellows from the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He also participated in and served as advisor to the corn improvement programs in many countries through the U.S. Agency for International Development and other national institutions.
Dr. Bauman was a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America. He served as associate editor of Crop Science and Maydica (an international journal on maize breeding and genetics), and as a member of several ASA and CSSA committees. He was elected to the ASA and CSSA board of directors. He was recognized by membership in Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, and Phi Kappa Phi, and by receiving the Indiana Crop Improvement Association Crops and Soils Merit Award in 1975. Pete generously served his church and community. He was member of the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Pete was especially proud of his family. He was married to Winifred Peebles; they have five children. Pete was a modest and unassuming man, yet forthright, a man of peace and gentleness. His participation in many cooperative endeavors and unselfish giving of his time to help others are greatly missed by all who knew him.
He received the B.S. Degree in 1946, M.S. in 1947, and Ph.D. in 1950, all from the University of Illinois. During his graduate studies he was assistant in corn breeding at the University of Illinois. Upon completion of his Ph.D. degree, he was a research agronomist with the Agricultural Research Service, USDA in Tifton, Georgia and Wooster, Ohio, from 1953 to 1959. He joined Purdue University in 1959 as professor of genetics and plant breeding where he served until his retirement in June 1986.
Dr. Bauman was recognized among his colleagues as a very skillful and productive corn geneticist and breeder. He and his associates were the first to apply the technique of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to determine oil content of individual corn kernels. Genetic analysis to estimate the importance of epitasis in determining yield and other plant characteristics developed by Dr. Bauman, has been refined and is widely utilized by other researchers in a number of crop species.
Throughout his career he was involved in the development and evaluation of superior corn hybrids, inbred lines, and germplasm pools. Many of his inbred line releases have been used extensively by the seed industry in the production of hybrid seed for the U. S. corn belt. He has also made important contributions through his advisory capacity to persons in the seed industry. He served as Purdue's North Central Corn Breeding Research Committee (NCR-2) representative from 1960 through 1986. Dr. Bauman was chairman of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station Corn Improvement Committee from 1962 to 1986, and a member of the Indiana Crop Improvement Association's Corn Committee.
Dr. Bauman served as advisor at Purdue University for 15 Ph.D. and six M.S. students and eight post-graduate fellows from the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He also participated in and served as advisor to the corn improvement programs in many countries through the U.S. Agency for International Development and other national institutions.
Dr. Bauman was a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America. He served as associate editor of Crop Science and Maydica (an international journal on maize breeding and genetics), and as a member of several ASA and CSSA committees. He was elected to the ASA and CSSA board of directors. He was recognized by membership in Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, and Phi Kappa Phi, and by receiving the Indiana Crop Improvement Association Crops and Soils Merit Award in 1975. Pete generously served his church and community. He was member of the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Pete was especially proud of his family. He was married to Winifred Peebles; they have five children. Pete was a modest and unassuming man, yet forthright, a man of peace and gentleness. His participation in many cooperative endeavors and unselfish giving of his time to help others are greatly missed by all who knew him.
Loyal F. "Pete" Bauman, Professor Emeritus of Agronomy at Purdue University, was born on October 18, 1920 and reared on a farm in Nokomis, Illinois. His parents were Frederic C. and Lydia A. Peper Bauman. He interrupted his university studies to enlist in the Army Air Force in February 1943. He completed pilot training and served as an instructor in advanced flight training and in an administrative position until his discharge from the service in October 1945.
He received the B.S. Degree in 1946, M.S. in 1947, and Ph.D. in 1950, all from the University of Illinois. During his graduate studies he was assistant in corn breeding at the University of Illinois. Upon completion of his Ph.D. degree, he was a research agronomist with the Agricultural Research Service, USDA in Tifton, Georgia and Wooster, Ohio, from 1953 to 1959. He joined Purdue University in 1959 as professor of genetics and plant breeding where he served until his retirement in June 1986.
Dr. Bauman was recognized among his colleagues as a very skillful and productive corn geneticist and breeder. He and his associates were the first to apply the technique of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to determine oil content of individual corn kernels. Genetic analysis to estimate the importance of epitasis in determining yield and other plant characteristics developed by Dr. Bauman, has been refined and is widely utilized by other researchers in a number of crop species.
Throughout his career he was involved in the development and evaluation of superior corn hybrids, inbred lines, and germplasm pools. Many of his inbred line releases have been used extensively by the seed industry in the production of hybrid seed for the U. S. corn belt. He has also made important contributions through his advisory capacity to persons in the seed industry. He served as Purdue's North Central Corn Breeding Research Committee (NCR-2) representative from 1960 through 1986. Dr. Bauman was chairman of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station Corn Improvement Committee from 1962 to 1986, and a member of the Indiana Crop Improvement Association's Corn Committee.
Dr. Bauman served as advisor at Purdue University for 15 Ph.D. and six M.S. students and eight post-graduate fellows from the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He also participated in and served as advisor to the corn improvement programs in many countries through the U.S. Agency for International Development and other national institutions.
Dr. Bauman was a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America. He served as associate editor of Crop Science and Maydica (an international journal on maize breeding and genetics), and as a member of several ASA and CSSA committees. He was elected to the ASA and CSSA board of directors. He was recognized by membership in Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, and Phi Kappa Phi, and by receiving the Indiana Crop Improvement Association Crops and Soils Merit Award in 1975. Pete generously served his church and community. He was member of the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Pete was especially proud of his family. He was married to Winifred Peebles; they have five children. Pete was a modest and unassuming man, yet forthright, a man of peace and gentleness. His participation in many cooperative endeavors and unselfish giving of his time to help others are greatly missed by all who knew him.
He received the B.S. Degree in 1946, M.S. in 1947, and Ph.D. in 1950, all from the University of Illinois. During his graduate studies he was assistant in corn breeding at the University of Illinois. Upon completion of his Ph.D. degree, he was a research agronomist with the Agricultural Research Service, USDA in Tifton, Georgia and Wooster, Ohio, from 1953 to 1959. He joined Purdue University in 1959 as professor of genetics and plant breeding where he served until his retirement in June 1986.
Dr. Bauman was recognized among his colleagues as a very skillful and productive corn geneticist and breeder. He and his associates were the first to apply the technique of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to determine oil content of individual corn kernels. Genetic analysis to estimate the importance of epitasis in determining yield and other plant characteristics developed by Dr. Bauman, has been refined and is widely utilized by other researchers in a number of crop species.
Throughout his career he was involved in the development and evaluation of superior corn hybrids, inbred lines, and germplasm pools. Many of his inbred line releases have been used extensively by the seed industry in the production of hybrid seed for the U. S. corn belt. He has also made important contributions through his advisory capacity to persons in the seed industry. He served as Purdue's North Central Corn Breeding Research Committee (NCR-2) representative from 1960 through 1986. Dr. Bauman was chairman of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station Corn Improvement Committee from 1962 to 1986, and a member of the Indiana Crop Improvement Association's Corn Committee.
Dr. Bauman served as advisor at Purdue University for 15 Ph.D. and six M.S. students and eight post-graduate fellows from the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He also participated in and served as advisor to the corn improvement programs in many countries through the U.S. Agency for International Development and other national institutions.
Dr. Bauman was a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America. He served as associate editor of Crop Science and Maydica (an international journal on maize breeding and genetics), and as a member of several ASA and CSSA committees. He was elected to the ASA and CSSA board of directors. He was recognized by membership in Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, and Phi Kappa Phi, and by receiving the Indiana Crop Improvement Association Crops and Soils Merit Award in 1975. Pete generously served his church and community. He was member of the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Pete was especially proud of his family. He was married to Winifred Peebles; they have five children. Pete was a modest and unassuming man, yet forthright, a man of peace and gentleness. His participation in many cooperative endeavors and unselfish giving of his time to help others are greatly missed by all who knew him.
