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Curriculum Vitae
of the Botanist
Theodor Philipp Haas, Ph.D.
Born: April 7th 1882 in Munich (Germany-Bavaria)
In U.S.A.: Since September 24th 1940 (Arrival in San Francisco, Cal.)
First Papers: I have since June 17th 1941.
From July 2nd 1941 until September 2nd 1941 I was a member of the "American Seminar" in Holderness School, Plymouth, N.H., and from October 6th 1941 until March 1st 1942 I was a member of the "Cooperative College Workshop" in Haverford, Pa.
Education: 4 years Public School
6 High Commerce School in Munich
22 Munich University
(From 1911 until 1920 I worked in my father's factory, but during this time, I always attended the University's lectures)
Branches of studies at the University:
Botany; as a student of Goebel: Plant Morphology.
Besides: Zoology, Geology, Chemistry, Chemical Technology,
History of Culture, History of Art.
Examinations:
Examination of High Intelligence ("Begabten-Prüfung") 1929
(at the Bayer.Ministerium für Unterricht und Kultus in Munich).
Took the degree as a Ph.D. on the Munich University under Prof. Fritz v. Wettstein on December 21st 1932.
Thesis: "Untersuchungen an der Gattung Acer" (Research work on the genus Acer Minor fields: Zoology and Geology (For the degree) Maple-Family)
Botanical Museum in Munich-Nymphenburg, October 1st 1927 - February 15th 1937.
Museum work in the exhibitions of the Botanical Museum
(collecting of plants, making of preparations of them for the Museum, giving the scientific explanations.)
Rearranging of the entire Museum exhibition, according to modern principles of a museum.)
Besides: Establishing a collection of botanic and pharmaceutic specimens for the University's lectures.
Scientific guidance through the Botanical Garden and through the Botanical Museum in Munich-Nymphenburg for the "Volksbeehochschule" (popular University)
In U.S.A.: In New York: Doing independent research work in the Library of the N.Y. Botan. Gard. giving scientific advice to artists of the "WPA", working in the Botanical Museum there, Identifying of plants (from models) in the American Museum of Natural History, Africa-Hall, Roosevelt Memorial Building.
In Philadelphia: Doing taxonomic work as a voluntary helper in the Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences.
Publications: In Germany: Thesis, "Seltsame Pflanzen", "Ahornblätte", "Aristolochia Goldimana", "Buchsenjahr 1930", "Ophiolotus follicularis", "Beobachtungen an der Zirnertanne", "Wie weisse Pestwurz und ihr Schwarzerter die gelbe Sommerwurz" and other shorter articles. (I had to spend most of the time to museum work).
In U.S.A.: "The Bogwood's curious Floral Bracts" Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, May 1941, "Rhododendron in winter", Frontiers February 1942, "Bananas" March 1942 in Frontiers. Other articles are ready for publication on. ("A Botanical Museum", "Hoya Darwinii Loher", From which parts of plants does vegetable fibers originate? "How do the plants in winter-cold regions pass the unfavorable season?").
References: Professor E.D.Merrill, Director of the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plains, Mass.
W.H.Robbins, New York Botanical Garden
Francis E. Lloyd, McGill-University, Carmel, Cal., Box 842.
Dr. Henry Hopp, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation, Washington D.C.
W.Porterfield, Moea 641 Washington St.
New York City, Federal Building.
